Example sentences of "be in [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think they 're in it to make zillions and zillions of pounds , I think they 're in it to make great records . |
| 2 | I do n't think they 're in it to make zillions and zillions of pounds , I think they 're in it to make great records . |
| 3 | It is within this conceptual framework that a government minister at the Department of the Environment can , with seemingly irrefutable common sense , conceptualise inner cities as the places where ‘ those living there have not been able to participate in the economic miracle of the Thatcher years ’ ( Trippier , 1989 , p7 ) and which require a strong police presence because ‘ the future prosperity of the inner cities depends directly on how safe they are in which to live and work ’ ( ibid , p22 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ At the end of the day all of us are in it to sell records . |
| 5 | BUT remember — you 're got to be in it to win it . |
| 6 | And so Edward Heath was sent round in January 1644 , all the houses in St Aldate 's to find out how many people were in them to see if there was any more room . |
| 7 | Maybe she was n't even hungry but it 's in her to kill . |
| 8 | He could hardly have chosen a more exciting match than Sunday 's in which to run the rule over Yorkshire , but Robinson admits he 's a bad watcher of cricket . |
| 9 | ‘ It was in me to beat him but not the way they wanted me to fight . ’ |
| 10 | But to do that was in itself to make a decision . |