Example sentences of "in among the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Slate is marvellous to look at but at a marvellous price , and there is an enormous choice in ceramic tiles which can be mixed in among the terracottas for an ethnic Mexican or Provencale , Italian , Spanish or Portuguese look .
2 He thrust the lamp in among the mops and brooms , but he could see nothing .
3 The bulbs will send roots in among the pebbles .
4 I trudged over the soft earth , in among the houses , and stopped outside the one-room school , where a crowd of boys had gathered .
5 To improve pollination I planted a few sweet pea plants in among the runners .
6 He seemed to have decided that now was the right time to clean the Great Hall floor and was poking the mop head in among the boys ’ legs , muttering to himself .
7 But if you can do , if , if you can do a two hundred thing for sit down you 're gon na be in among the functions .
8 Yet in among the periods of sudden change and confusion are some real and remarkable opportunities for increase and advancement , notably regarding your base in life and your standing in the world .
9 From time to time one or another would begin to scrape in the gravelly bank , or venture a little way in among the trees and nut-bushes to scuffle in the leaf-mould .
10 " Take him at least a hundred meters into the jungle , " he yelled as he swung the cane across their shoulders one last time to urge them in among the trees .
11 Before Melissa realised what was happening , he had led her off the path and in among the trees .
12 Doddie Weir may have to impress at training today to force his way in among the forwards , who held a lineout session with assistant coach John Jeffrey at Happy Valley last night .
13 He said it was to go with the wagon to Ramsey , and we put it in among the logs , well wedged in .
14 Moving cautiously in among the buildings by the waterfront , they discovered that there were no guards whatsoever .
15 In among the books , there was a long-case clock .
16 Slotted in among the books on the review desk was a copy of the Canadian Vintage Aircraft 1992 Calendar .
17 They did n't even bother to use the gate but swung their legs over the low railing and walked straight in among the stones to where the girl was .
18 I was about to dive back in among the hops , though I probably smelled like last night 's barmaid already , when the Shogun veered off to my right , and then pulled up about twenty feet from me .
19 ‘ It is morally the right thing to do , ’ said McFarlane , dropping it like a swift brick in among the parentheses and qualifications and regrets .
20 In the middle of the night one of Kiku 's cats got in among the dogs and , when Burun got up to see what was causing the commotion , he found Suragai trying to save the animal .
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