'V n in n' - Construction 18
| Name: | the include someone in an activity construction |
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| Description: | A person or a situation causes someone to take part in an activity. The NP following 'in' indicates the activity. |
| Verbs: | embroil, employ, engage, implicate, include, be caught up |
| Example: | …and then to have included her in the family teasing… (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative; action; 'in' activity |
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