Example sentences of "[noun] [be] in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The western American states are in on the act , too — Oregon , California and Alaska are growing at seven per cent — twice the rate of the remainder of the country . |
| 2 | For the mobile unit , it must be well built and braced to allow for moving over uneven ground , if the birds are in at the time , then the extra weight on the floor will be 204 kg for the 100 bird house and 409 kg for the 200 bird house . |
| 3 | Even car towaways are in on the act . |
| 4 | They yesterday found out which rating band their homes were in for the tax which starts next April . |
| 5 | The bold mood Renault is in at the moment casts a further vote for its critics . |
| 6 | ‘ We have a real big production screen , and as Jeff was in on the design of the set , I still feel him with me . |
| 7 | The size and range of the country 's sex business may mean that Thailand is in for the world 's fastest upswing in HIV infection . |
| 8 | A great inducement of ‘ start-ups ’ or ‘ green-field projects ’ , where the original investors are in on the ground floor , is that they will make a killing if the company one day goes on to the Stock Exchange , or is gobbled up by a predator in a takeover bid . |
| 9 | This is so irrespective of whose possession the goods were in at the time . |
| 10 | situational humour , ie funny within the context of the situation people are in at the time so that people can relate to it through a common , shared experience |
| 11 | All the while the cigarette was in between the doors , being carried along with them to Swiss Cottage . |
| 12 | ‘ But I do n't envy the position the jockeys are in at the moment . |
| 13 | As Roquelaure was involved , they think the French Government was in on the business , perhaps with revenge as their motive . |
| 14 | And , if only the Vatican were in on the conspiracy , it could never operate . |
| 15 | ‘ The post-mortem report is in on the Needham business ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And you think Parks was in on the Livesey case too ? ’ |
| 17 | Cos it was in with the electric bills , and I did n't want that , and that was one of the advantages that made me decide to have here , cos I knew that the heating was in with the rent . |
| 18 | Yeah , but my old man he 's a , he 's driving he was driving the one of the that 's , that erm , Lieutenant Colonel was in at the time of the , and he , he was in there and he said my old man knows for certain that at that time they were under fire , cos they drove in and picked up two bodies and put them in the back of the jeep all under fire |
| 19 | ‘ You reckon that this Stubbly guy is in with the Scamp mob ? ’ |