Example sentences of "be [v-ing] it the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Check it somewhere that you 're writing it the right way |
| 2 | exams time , date , I think we 're having it the earliest of the lot , for some stupid reason because Mel does n't appear to be having them till late either . |
| 3 | Yeah , if they 're delayed getting on the motorway and see that they 're doing it the other side coming off , they might be saying |
| 4 | No , certain obstacles and areas where you feel you 're not er giving , you know you do n't feel as though you 're doing it the best for whatever reason . |
| 5 | I says , We 're doing it the right way , the proper way now you see . |
| 6 | Well on , I do it the right way , because I do n't always feel that I am doing it the right way . |
| 7 | But Aldi says it has had trouble : the Office of Fair Trading is investigating Aldi 's claim that suppliers , frightened of affronting their main customers , have been giving it the cold shoulder . |
| 8 | And if racing round the world was n't enough , these half million pound yachts will be tackling it the wrong way — against the winds and currents , to commemorate the first time it was done 21 years ago by British sailor Chay Blyth . |
| 9 | I 'm writing it the same as she writes her book . |
| 10 | ‘ But you do realise that you 'll be doing it the hard way ? |
| 11 | Me and me mam were singing it the other night . |
| 12 | 2 Remember all the details that you can — you may have forgotten some of them when you were telling it the first time . |
| 13 | She 's recording it the stupid cow she 's |
| 14 | ‘ I felt as though I was announcing it the whole time : by the way I watched you , and talked to you , and could hardly manage not to touch you — stroke your head , brush your arm , hold your hand … . |
| 15 | Thank you very much indeed for the smelly duck — or should I say scented , it is such a nice smell ! — and for the pretty scarf which , you may be surprised to hear , Mark admired when I was wearing it the other day though he had n't realized it was new and from you ! |
| 16 | I was doing it the other day yes . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , she was doing it the first time I laid eyes on her ! ’ |
| 18 | Erm I 'm , I admit er that that was one I just bolted simply because I was taking it the wrong way round , I thought we had identified what was the priority , life insurance , P H I and pensions and was summarizing it whereas I should 've realized we 're doing that page towards the priority |
| 19 | Saying er , I was telling it the other day , she said you could spend all that money on and she said , we went to see this horse , it was years ago before they got their own , she said the horse had just had its foal and it was like he 'd spent a thousand pound on the , the actual stallion yeah and it come out |