Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] into " in BNC.

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1 As a growing proportion of an ageing population lived on into their eighties or even nineties , the disparity between their life chances and those of the able-bodied employed became more and more apparent .
2 Having survived the early years of childhood , unlike so many of his siblings , he had been struck down by that other malady which afflicted a tragically high proportion of those who lived on into teenage years and beyond .
3 The oral tradition lived on into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries .
4 This bad feeling er lived on into old age .
5 Lived on into old age .
6 And it goes out in a blaze of colour — a spectacular firework display which starts at 6.45pm and goes on into the night .
7 Valine 172 and the disulphide bridge residues 110 and 174 contribute to the hydrophobic core of domain 2 , after which the path of the main chain is locked to continue on into solution by Pro 175 .
8 Straight , clean-cut stone walls and a steady slabbed roof led on into the hill .
9 A low Mughal gateway led on into a wet and glistening flagstone courtyard ; it was deserted but for a solitary pupil running late towards his class .
10 The blade plunged on into the heather at the side of the track .
11 Viola was beaming benevolently as she read on into the last column .
12 I waved to him and passed on into the lecture room . ’
13 He passed on into Kent and on the return leg of the journey liberated the fugitive Hubert de Burgh [ q.v. ] from sanctuary in Devizes church , meeting boats at Aust on the Bristol channel which ferried his party back safely to Chepstow .
14 But , nevertheless , for me eternity was not now , and I had to go on into the future and in this world .
15 This includes considerable inspection work , firstly to establish what grinding needs to be done , and then to ensure that the body is fit , after they have completed their welding and grinding , to go on into the paint shop .
16 Such arguments over values , political or religious , were to go on into the next decade .
17 Sometimes as the light of the sun catches them , you see the Odonata fluttering down into them to receive the gifts that mourners leave there .
18 In a hundred years ' time a solitary figure might well be seen on a lonely road gazing down into the valley , wondering about ‘ Little Hintock ’ .
19 In another mood , while gazing down into the vapour one could imagine the turbulent creation of the Earth with the alpha tracks like mountain ranges constantly forming , disappearing and reforming .
20 For Jack , time seemed to stand still as he sat at his stepfather 's bedside , gazing down into the inanimate features and waiting for a miracle .
21 ‘ Nor are you , ’ he taunted softly , lifting his head and gazing down into her flushed face .
22 At last he raised his head , gazing down into her unfocused eyes , contemptuous triumph written all over his harsh features .
23 She did not want to look at him , and crossed to stand before the mantel over the fireplace , gazing down into the empty grate .
24 At the end of the gallery the girl halted , gazing down into the hall through one of the archways cut into the wall .
25 Gazing down into her eyes , he raised her hand to his lips and pressed a lingering kiss into the soft palm before releasing it .
26 ‘ I hope to spend the rest of my life convincing you , every day , how very much I love you , ’ he said thickly , gazing down into her lovely face .
27 He loped down into the basement , dusted off half a dozen bottles of beer and brought them up , found glasses and an opener and took them into the living-room on a tray .
28 At Beni Suef we got down into a dusty twilight .
29 Some geezer got down into the tunnels and found his way out . ’
30 She got down into the hall .
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