I. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an inside pocket (= on the inside of a coat, jacket etc )
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Gregson pulled a photo from the inside pocket of his jacket.
an inside/a private joke (= that only a few people who are involved in something will understand )
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After I’d worked there a while, I started to understand some of the inside jokes.
inside knowledge (= knowledge that you have because you are part of a group )
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his inside knowledge gained from 20 years in the industry
inside scoop (= special information that other people do not have )
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the inside scoop on the markets
inside track
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the inside track to success in business
the inside story (= including facts that are known only to people involved )
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Though I’d seen the official report, I wanted the inside story.
the inside/inner edge
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He painted carefully around the inner edge of each door.
the inside/middle/outside lane
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Use the outside lane for overtaking only.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
come
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Come on, you'd best come inside .
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Suddenly, he came inside crying hard.
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He wouldn't come inside , said he didn't feel right there.
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Norm came inside then and ran into his room.
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He is at his best when he comes inside , makes a positive pass and then gets on his bike.
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It looked safe enough, so I told them to come inside when they got cold.
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I came inside , took a look around and then got beat over the head.
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When they came inside at dusk, they did not leave work behind.
get
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This wheel was worked by a man getting inside and walking forward rapidly.
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There was Philippa's escape if she could get inside in time.
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They had no difficulty getting inside .
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To see who got inside , I would have had to turn myself right round.
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When we got inside he dropped his clothes on the floor.
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It was a relief to get inside and shut the door.
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B gets inside for two baskets, then hits a three-pointer, then an outside jumper.
go
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Come now, you wouldn't want to go inside alone, would you?
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We went inside and walked up to the desk.
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She went inside , the door clicked behind her.
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Instead, he went inside and waited.
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It made them alive, somehow, and Elizabeth longed to go inside .
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When we got there, Sonya unlocked the door and we went inside .
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Finish your drink and let's go inside .
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Ferric parked in the shade and went inside .
look
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I shake it a bit and hear a rattling, so I look inside .
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He found Suzanne awake when he looked inside .
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Curiosity prompted him to look inside .
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They looked inside , peering under the seats and into the back.
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Everything a new mum needs - just look inside !
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He takes a few steps nearer and looks inside .
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It stood well away from the other buildings and this morning the great doors were partly open and she looked inside carefully.
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His large round eyes probed Miguel that first time, as if he could look inside with ease.
reach
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The door irised open and he reached inside , drawing out the tiny phial before the door closed up again.
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The lid fell backwards as he reached inside and grabbed a book.
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When she reached inside to retrieve the pin, there were two identical pins.
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He reached inside , pushing his hand through the layers of packing and into something dark and pungent.
stay
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Peter received some firm words and was made to stay inside during breaktime for the next day.
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Instead, they stayed inside and poked their arms through the bars for their food, just out of reach.
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Stay off the streets, Stay inside .
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I stay inside this morning, doing the chores that I hate.
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Dixie climbs out to join me, but Carmichael stays inside .
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She made me stay inside for the rest of the day.
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You had to stay inside and fight - or die.
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I was lucky enough to grow up in a house where staying inside to watch television was not an option.
step
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Step inside , however, and you enter a technological time warp.
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He pulled the doors back, stepped inside , swung the flashlight across the dirt floor.
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The lock clicked as they approached, and they stepped inside .
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Creed stepped inside and closed both doors again, feeling as if he'd just voluntarily shut himself up in a cell.
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We take a couple of steps inside .
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There was no one around in the hall to see me as I stepped inside .
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After a second she nudged the screen door open and stepped inside .
turn
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By the time I reached Hampstead, the mirrors of every car in North London were turned inside out.
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Fiend turned inside out is still a fiend.
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His father's face was as red as if it had been turned inside out.
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It seemed that space had been turned inside out: this was not a place for man.
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She had been dressed in a woollen shroud and her feet were covered with leather boots, the fur turned inside .
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The lie turned inside of her and screamed.
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It gave her the uncomfortable feeling of being turned inside out for better examination.
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The workings of opera are turned inside out.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
know sth inside out
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As he was a thoroughly professional journalist, he already knew the media inside out.
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He stutters, but he caddied for me for five years and he knows the game inside out.
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I know this one Inside out!
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Of course, if everyone knew their partners inside out, there's a good chance no-one would ever plight their troth.
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Start off by adding every email address you know , and click on all the options until you know it inside out.
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They know their stuff inside out, but most importantly they also look like they are having a whale of a time.
turn sth inside out
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Turn the pants inside out before you wash them.
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I've turned the house upside down looking for that book!
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Lukens' theories have turned the financial world upside down.
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Declaring the shirt offensive, she ordered Jeffrey to take it off or turn it inside out.
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Hayward Wiggins launched a kids' summer enrichment program nine years ago, he turned the rules inside out.
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I turned my collar inside out.
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In effect, it turns the nozzle inside out.
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Objectivism thus turns existentialism inside out.
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The ship leaped and juddered as if trying to turn to inside out.
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This brief scene, so unexpected and devastating, turns Blue inside out.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Inside there are lots of handy hints to help you take better pictures.
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Free inside ! A monthly horoscope guide!
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Gabby cringed a little inside when Peter showed up drunk.
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I'm getting cold. Let's go inside .
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I desperately needed some way to vent all the anger and frustration I felt inside .
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I wish I knew what he was feeling inside .
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Kate tried to make jokes but inside she was furious.
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The box has some letters inside .
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These kids seem so aggressive, but inside they're terrified.
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When we got to the window, we saw that there were already people inside .
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cozy is a generous description of the inside of the sphere.
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She opened the bag and got out a powder compact that had a small round mirror on the inside of the lid.
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The neon lights outside were barely visible through the sheen of condensation coating the inside of the cafe window.
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The signatures were to appear on the inside of every Macintosh computer.
III. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
edge
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Run a blunt knife around the inside edge of the tin and turn out the cake on to a wire rack to cool.
information
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Some of these rules prohibit the misuse of inside information .
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When Milken trades junk bonds, he has inside information .
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Almost any conversation with a company would probably put the analysts in possession of inside information .
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Of course, not everyone gets caught, nor do the laws cover everyone with inside information .
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A number of the Take-over Panel rules prohibit trading on the basis of inside information .
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On the day the inside information was made public, the price of the share concerned jumped to reflect it.
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As there are no Premier games between now and 14 Jan, we all have the same inside information .
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In Britain, the balance of the equation favouring the exploitation of inside information is changing.
job
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No gallery can be burgled without hints of an inside job .
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In 1962, he landed an inside job on the Observer sports desk and moved to London.
knowledge
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Despite such inside knowledge , the opening passages were racked with nervousness and blighted by a series of up-and-unders.
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I looked forward to picking up useful bits of inside knowledge .
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If those with inside knowledge of the facts didn't speak up for Britain, who the hell would?
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Using inside knowledge gained from twenty years in the industry she shows how recent scandals could have been avoided.
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And, with inside knowledge , he gave details of it.
lane
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Huge jams built up behind the 74-year-old pensioner as he crawled for five miles along the inside lane of the dual-carriageway A1.
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But this time I was prepared, hiding in the inside lane .
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I was given the inside lane and I was furious and protested.
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When they got out they saw a Vauxhall Astra, its front badly damaged, directly behind in the inside lane .
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A single-decker yellow-and-black bus was travelling fast in the inside lane , its headlights dipped and no traffic immediately in front of it.
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The repairs are being carried out to the bridge at Knayton and the inside lanes of both carriageways are closed.
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Myeloski was trapped in the inside lane .
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Traffic tailed back fourteen miles after police were forced to close the inside lane of the northbound carriageway.
leg
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Jennie told Katharine to keep pushing with her inside leg and holding him with the outside rein to stop him walking forward.
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Registration is easy, but again you have to provide them with every piece of information short of your inside leg measurement.
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Even when his hands pat their way up to my crotch it is less embarrassing than having a tailor measure my inside leg .
page
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The inside pages used classic 1970s magazine design.
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He flicks through the inside pages .
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Newspapers splashed feature stories across inside pages talking about the separation.
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Rains had had a bottle of vichy water in his inside pocket .
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Kirov stooped over his crumpled form, retrieving the photograph from between his fingers and tucking it safely into his inside pocket .
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The photographs still bulged in his inside pocket .
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He reached into an inside pocket and took out a form which he placed on the table.
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Adam sat down on the one comfortable chair he possessed and pulled his father's envelope out of his inside pocket .
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Plummer put down his glass and reached into his inside pocket for the monogrammed cigarette case.
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Features epaulettes, an inside pocket , two side pockets and a pencil holder on the left sleeve.
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Romanov took out the little blue passport with a soft cover from his inside pocket and handed it over.
scoop
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He gave me the inside scoop on the Biggest Wave story: the thirty-five-foot mountain he'd ridden on 5 January 1985.
story
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But I've got the inside story from my mate.
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Only those who had any idea of the inside story recognised the scale of Mrs Gould's contribution.
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Only he had the inside story .
surface
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These inside surfaces are the most densely populated region of the human body.
track
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Chief Inspector Kuhlmann's assistant - an inside track right into the centre of the Kriminalpolizei at Wiesbaden.
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The truth is, the Hurricanes might have the inside track on the national title.
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If you are not on the inside track , then decision are taken over which you have no influence.
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Too often he spoke as if he knew what was going on in the inside track , whether he did or not.
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I think they're targeting one or two City firms and getting the inside track by reading their mail.
wall
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Mazzin came and told us to lie along the inside wall together.
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The inside walls were dark blue and decorated with the same symbols but the customers were mainly old men.
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The inside walls were plastered and painted.
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Wash the inside walls of the refrigerator with a solution of 2 tablespoons baking soda to 1 quart water.
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Dover Breakwater offered flounder, dabs and small pout with the inside wall best.
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He put his hands on the inside wall of the coach to steady himself.
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Why have an air-vent on an inside wall ?
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The inside walls are rigged with brackets of steel, like the brackets around the crematoria.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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According to inside information, many members of the security forces are concerned about this problem.
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The tulip's inside petals are canary yellow on ivory white.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A minute later, on an inside pass from Sandie, Jess sinks one.
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A single-decker yellow-and-black bus was travelling fast in the inside lane, its headlights dipped and no traffic immediately in front of it.
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Despite such inside knowledge, the opening passages were racked with nervousness and blighted by a series of up-and-unders.
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If those with inside knowledge of the facts didn't speak up for Britain, who the hell would?
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Kirov stooped over his crumpled form, retrieving the photograph from between his fingers and tucking it safely into his inside pocket.
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Nelson, who scored five points during the run, closed the Gators' scoring spree with an inside basket.
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Once the men are seated in the living room off the inside patio, they try to lure the children into conversation.