Example sentences of "[indef pn] in [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sea Change and its successors have something in them of the career novel , a popular genre in the first decades after the Second World War , as well as the more general intention of inspiring youth to purposeful activity and ambitions . |
| 2 | Well at least there 's something in it for the viewer . |
| 3 | It came to him that he could lock the door , there was a bolt on it , but this conjured up the vision of her battering on it , for she certainly would n't be deterred by the fact that she was raising the house ; she would know that Mary was the only one in it at the moment . |
| 4 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 5 | Besides , there 's nothing in it for the family . ’ |
| 6 | One senior minister said : ‘ There was nothing in it for the Right . ’ |
| 7 | One senior minister said : ‘ There was nothing in it for the Right . ’ |
| 8 | There is nothing in it at the moment that I would want my name associated with . ’ |
| 9 | Surely it is a ludicrous notion to suppose that two scientists on their own in a remote basement lab could claim to solve the world 's energy problems so that the scientific community would take up this claim , that world leaders would ask for regular briefings and that there could be nothing in it at the end . |
| 10 | ‘ There 's nothing in it about the murder , except the police are continuing with their enquiries , ’ said Joe , ‘ but it 'll help you pass the time . |
| 11 | She would have liked to refuse his offer , she really would , but her stomach was growling with hunger and the thought of nothing in it till the morning was more than she could bear . |