Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] it to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who ushered in a golden age of middle-distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . |
| 2 | If they were to report it to the company the whole crew could lose their jobs . ’ |
| 3 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 4 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 5 | In those circumstances the only option open to a government , determined to return Rover to the private sector , was to sell it to a British company which was not involved in the car industry . |
| 6 | ‘ I suddenly felt that I was doing it to a bunch of people that actually understood what Lear 's pain was about , whereas I do n't standing on the stage at the National Theatre ’ : Brian Cox 's concerns about audience reactions and the nature of the dramatic experience are echoed by others . |
| 7 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 8 | The tactic used by the Commission for passing the Single European Act was to present it to the member states as if it were the only thing on offer : either take this or leave the Community . |
| 9 | There was the Cambridge Rapist in his mask with references to ‘ A Hard Day 's Night ’ — the idea was to link it to the death of The Beatles ' manager , Brian Epstein , during a supposed bout of homosexual S&M . |
| 10 | But I was advised to imagine I was telling it to a good friend and not worry about what other people might think . |
| 11 | FOUR years after it was burned it to the ground in a disastrous fire , a Catholic church is rising from the ashes . |