Example sentences of "[noun] be [prep] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there 's another side to that which is that some people in the statutory provision are in it for the money , for their careers , for empire building and so on . |
| 2 | What it is in general for a thing a to have the power to produce b is for it to be true that an individual property or properties of a , together with other things , will constitute a causal circumstance for b . |
| 3 | Cos an oil engine was in it for a while and then they put a new diesel engine in I think it would be nineteen thirty nine or something . |
| 4 | This was a parting gift but I dropped mine and the bloody dogs were on it in a flash , whilst Benjamin , kind as ever , gave his to the page who served us . |
| 5 | For instance , what it is for there to be a red rose in this darkened room is for it to be the case that if I were to turn the light on , I would make a certain observation , and if I were then to move to another place , I would make an observation rather different , and if you were to come in , you would observe such and such , and so on . |
| 6 | Will the event be worth it to them ? |
| 7 | but I mean it 's only because the extra stuff 's in it for it to dissolve in . |
| 8 | " If you were sure , " Russell said , " and if the ticket was worth it to you , then you 'd do something to keep it . " |
| 9 | He had a cup of tea at Carrie 's today just you know , checking the tape and making sure that people 's names are on it in the correct order and what did you do ? |
| 10 | machine until Monday and then though we 'll take him off , of course being on it for a long period |
| 11 | After one minute the children were round it in a circle , laughing and playing with it , just like the humans in the Star Zoo . |
| 12 | In some places a poacher my be shot on sight , but for many the risk is worth it as a rhino horn can fetch up to $4,500 ( UD ) on the black market . |
| 13 | I think that the other side of that is that not everyone in private provision is in it for the money . |
| 14 | This sense of a future and a past for homosexuality contrasts unfavourably with the British sense of history — it would be unfortunate if the only way for a society to learn from its own history was for it to be occupied by fascists ! |
| 15 | So our involvement was for it to be presented to us before it came to this meeting . |
| 16 | In fact he and then Craigie from Rowsay was in it for a while . |
| 17 | Unfortunately his foot was in it at the time and I slammed it , at which point he pulled out a badge and said he was a cop . |
| 18 | If the new mall is to be covered , probably the best option is for it to be glazed in the manner of the arcades which cut through many nineteenth-century blocks . |
| 19 | And now my son 's in it with me so hopefully he will carry it on when the time comes . |