Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] into the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She heard footsteps on the catwalk and peered up into the semi-darkness trying to get a fix on the German 's movements . |
| 2 | Vern wandered slowly in front taking not a blind bit of notice of me , not even when I shouted at the long-beaked birds and made them flap up into the air crying like out-of-tune seagulls . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , lady — ’ little Cleo staggered back into the room clutching a bright red balloon' — I just happened to be there , looking after the place while the owner was away . |
| 4 | Full-back , Paul Bodin is back after injury and striker , Dave Mitchell , drops back into the defence to cover for Colin Calderwood , who 's suspended . |
| 5 | Barry was unseated at the fifth , but hung on to the reins , ran alongside Midnight Madness for a few strides and bounced back into the saddle to continue in pursuit . |
| 6 | He has come out into the road wearing slippers . |
| 7 | ‘ No , ’ I confessed , so we parted , and I wandered out into the night humming ‘ Summertime in Ireland ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Going about , ’ he shouted and watched in amazement the crazed proficiency of the little cocaine addict leaping back into the cockpit to winch the genoa sheet in . |
| 9 | Descend and head back into the forest going south-west then south to post 21 . |
| 10 | He stared steadily outwards towards the ducks and flamingos while Kraal mantled his plumage , let out a harsh call or two and dropped down into the shelter to pick at the remnant of meat he had left over from the previous day . |
| 11 | Walk through into the courtyard to find remains of the late 16C designs of the Labours of Hercules . |
| 12 | I came up into the air gasping deeply , panting , aching lungs swelling , feeling a rush of suppressed terror , clinging onto the curtain in a shaky state . |
| 13 | I slunk out into the street feeling like a prisoner on parole . |
| 14 | ‘ The first time she went out in it she came back into the house giggling that she 'd driven through town with the top down , even though it was freezing . |
| 15 | The moment we walk out into the sun to play we all break out into a heavy sweat . |
| 16 | Then the old female golden eagle came out into the gloom to see what the fuss was . |
| 17 | He went into the college hall , and registered himself for matriculation among a rowdy assembly of students younger than himself ; and came out into the street to find that it had started to rain . |
| 18 | He knows it , and drives off into the night licking his dollar lips . |
| 19 | The theatre was not large , and the bulk of the audience were out in a couple of minutes , umbrellas raised , heads dropped , darting off into the Village to look for their cars , or a place where they could put some drink in their systems , and play critics . |
| 20 | The old grandma who was holding the girl 's hand looked across at him as he walked to the window to stare down into the street to watch for Eddie . |
| 21 | The energy generated from running upstairs and laughing with Stella in distant Florence flowed over into the impulse to ring , in turn , her own mother : a pointless act , but one that nevertheless in the context seemed pious , necessary , propitiatory , and a gesture at least towards her sister , who bore so much heavier a filial burden , who would ( in theory at least ) be pleased to know that Liz had remembered . |
| 22 | Whoever was in the flat must have heard the muffled sound of the closing door and was going through into the bedroom to have a look out of the window . |
| 23 | This means heading off into the night to visit friends , relatives and neighbours bearing gifts of whisky and ‘ black bun and shorty [ shortcake ] ’ . |
| 24 | She clambered up into the car to take a closer look at them , careful though to remain at what she considered to be a safe distance . |
| 25 | But hurrying back into the Chamber proved that the camera does not entirely lie . |
| 26 | ‘ You are n't thinking of going out into the jungle to exercise for old times ’ sake ? ’ |
| 27 | I had to walk out into the street to find my way home as if nothing had happened . ’ |
| 28 | When responsible citizens or policemen came rushing out into the road to grab at it and avert a disaster , Uncle Titch would leap up from behind his seat and pretend they just had n't noticed him . |
| 29 | The sky was now getting fairly light , and it would soon be stand-to , so there would be no going back into the trench to get the head down again . |
| 30 | You may not feel that this is always necessary with designs that can be knitted automatically , since they will appear on screen in colour , but it is a great memory jogger and , rather then going back into the programme to look at a design , the colours and design may be seen from the printout . |