Example sentences of "in [v-ing] it in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if all the stifled rebellion on which the great flat and heavy city had pressed with its pompous facades since the time of those artisans whom Peter the Great had sent to perish in building it in the swamp , had boiled up in a single night . |
| 2 | I think the game I think the game has done well in tackling that problem but I do n't think we as a society have done very well in tackling it in the country at large . |
| 3 | I tidy and vacuum the sitting room after she 's gone to bed — I do n't see any point in doing it in the morning because it 'll only get messed up again . |
| 4 | Our deductive practice needs no such justificatory shoring up and can not be revised by rational argument , hence there is no circularity in deploying it in the explanation . |
| 5 | This is a factor which the police are used to taking into account and [ there should be ] no difficulty in weighing it in the balance along with many other factors . ’ |