Example sentences of "in it at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a narrow alley with dustbins in it at the bottom of the garden and , beyond that , the rude and unkempt backsides of a row of tenement houses with blind , curtained windows and washing ( long pants , vests , sheets , shirts ) limp in the windless air , strung out on high lines running from pulleys at far-up windows.Tin baths , like giant snails , stuck half-way up the walls as if resting in a trip to the top . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There is nothing in it at the moment that I would want my name associated with . ’ |
| 4 | Having made the two , comes through to there , you just having clear of the metal work , you put , this is a three foot , just not in it at the moment . |
| 5 | I 've got plants growing in it at the moment . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Our house in London has been burgled but we were not in it at the time . |
| 9 | He need not be interested in it at the time when the insurance is effected . |