Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] in [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back at the office , Schellenberg changed into a light grey flannel suit in the bathroom , speaking through the other door to Ilse Huber as he dressed , filling her in on the whole business . |
| 2 | Finish off the sides by turning them in to the wrong side on the creaselines , with the interlining . |
| 3 | ‘ He was calling you in as the ultimate specialist . |
| 4 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 5 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 6 | ‘ Good morning , Mrs Wooldridge , ’ said Mrs Deacon , letting her in by the back door . |
| 7 | He dropped the note-book in the mud just where the water came and stamped on it , grinding it in to the soft mess of leaves . |
| 8 | ‘ You are all the same , ’ I had said — reducing her from an individual to a stereotype , lumping her in with the worst of the cherry berets . |
| 9 | We realise that chucking them in at the deep end is not satisfactory . |
| 10 | ‘ For dropping you in at the deep end , before you 'd had a chance to get your bearings … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We shall know whether they sink or swim by putting them in at the deep end , and I have every confidence that they will all do well . |