Example sentences of "[to-vb] in [prep] the act " in BNC.

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1 The local police kindly agreed to come in on the act and a few off-duty policemen pretended to stalk the burglars and locked them up for the night at a disused police station at Ironbridge !
2 Great care must be exercised when buying in Germany as high prices gained in the sale of dogs are told and retold throughout the training clubs of Germany and as you can imagine , many German breeders want to get in on the act !
3 They are not anxious for others to get in on the act .
4 But in the wings , British Telecom wants to get in on the act .
5 The US and Japan pretty much have the microprocessor design business to themselves , but now it looks as if Taiwan 's government-backed Computer & Communication Research Laboratories is trying to get in on the act .
6 Then , when word got out that Hurley again had a drawerful of money to pay for information , everybody in Beirut would try to get in on the act , making things up if they had to .
7 Such is the state of computer technology for the registration and running of club membership lists that hobby-based clubs for children or adults like this , run by publishers , could well proliferate , and lively booksellers might do well to get in on the act .
8 Now we want to get in on the act .
9 It was then that Nigger decided to get in on the act , and launched himself the length of the hallway .
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