Example sentences of "[vb pp] in [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The figures are left in the orange colour of the clay , the background painted in round them in the shiny black : a purely decorative variation ; and it has been plausibly suggested that the strange ‘ negative ’ idea was inspired by the custom of washing the background of marble reliefs with a blue or red against which the mainly white figures were left standing out .
2 The Advanced Directive , or ‘ living will ’ , could be filled in by anyone over the age of 18 and lodged with their GP .
3 1991 we had two trees with flashing lights , and a local family , whose children had written in to us about the trees , were invited to switch them on .
4 linked in with it at the moment .
5 ‘ I was shocked when Scot Gemmill was brought in for me at the start of last season because it came out of the blue .
6 Not only had I had that run in with him over the rehearsals but he was also the fussiest teacher in the school when it came to long hair .
7 ‘ I do n't know , ’ I replied , ‘ It 's just as bad back at Brigade H.Q We also have the Navy dug in with us in the orchard .
8 And I 'll volunteer suggested in for me in the paper as a criterion that it also ideally should in my opinion have a the potential for railway connection given the thrust of policy a decade two decades ahead of us .
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