Example sentences of "[verb] down into the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She did not want to look at him , and crossed to stand before the mantel over the fireplace , gazing down into the empty grate . |
| 3 | LIFESPAN RDBI data transfers can be broken down into the following phases : |
| 4 | Broken down into the different crops , the figures put soft wheat at 75.68m tonnes ( compared with 72.9m tonnes last year ) , followed by barley , 44.6m tonnes ( 45.7m ) ; maize , 27.4m tonnes ( 22m ) ; durum , 9.3m tonnes ( 7.1m ) ; rye , 3.1m tonnes ( 3.3m ) ; oats , 4.4m tonnes ( 4.6m ) ; sorghum , 0.51m tonnes ( 0.45m ) ; and triticale 1.5m tonnes ( 1.1m ) . |
| 5 | I persuaded them both to come out of the room the same way , as I had no key to the door , and took Heathcliff down into the warm servants ' kitchen with me , while Catherine returned to her guests and the dancing . |
| 6 | That I may be able to go down into the Saxon crypt of a cathedral , a tiny , exquisitely rude little chapel , where a thousand years ago my forefathers knelt in prayer , is a draught of pure oxygen . |
| 7 | Then she padded back into the bathroom , wriggled out of her nightie , and sank down into the hot water . |
| 8 | Harvey sank down into the parched grass . |
| 9 | She sank down into the smooth embrace of the sheets , at peace . |
| 10 | Grant looks down into the dark waters . |
| 11 | We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point . |
| 12 | Cold sweat ran from his face ; he had scratched at the wound which Tig had inflicted previously , and blood and yellow fluid seeped down into the feathered ruff . |
| 13 | Oxford have dropped down into the bottom half of the table , after losing by 1-0 for the third match running . |
| 14 | Some 70 pharmaceutical grade trace elements and the basic compound are melted together to ensure a complete mix before being solidified and ground down into the basic salt . |
| 15 | In their small hamlets drink was associated with Cossack brutality , when horsemen would swoop down into the Jewish shtetels after Easter and terrorize the people . |
| 16 | Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room . |
| 17 | Moonlight was pouring over the valley , black and silver , and presently Lugh was standing at the edge of the forest , looking down into the shallow dip that sheltered the great Manor of Tara . |
| 18 | Looking down into the aromatic liquid , she cleared her throat . |
| 19 | She was standing just beyond the bridge , looking down into the tiny stream , one hand raised to her neck , the other holding her folded fan against her side . |
| 20 | The two men made their way silently along the roof , until they were seated on either side of the skylight looking down into the deserted corridor below . |
| 21 | At first he will be greatly praised by his people , before sinking down into the dark pit of sin and pride . |
| 22 | Liz flopped down into the battered armchair opposite Linda , and glanced around the untidy playroom . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper . |
| 24 | It actually comes down to then , a more local area could be eighteen to twenty into Harlow , and then as you break down into the other figures , that then comes into a road and a postcode will actually go down to about fifteen houses in total , by putting your door number at the end of it , it makes it identifiable to your premises . |
| 25 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 26 | From his own vantage point he moved forward , leaning on the parapet of Blackfriars Bridge , peering down into the murky blackness of the river . |
| 27 | He had seen the floor open up underneath him , and he had watched the body drop down into the black hole below . |
| 28 | These plate margins are of three types : ( 1 ) divergent , where crustal material moves apart , under the oceans by a process known as sea-floor spreading ; ( 2 ) convergent , where one plate plunges down into the underlying mantle ( also known as subduction zones ) ; ( 3 ) transform faults , where one plate slides laterally with respect to its neighbour , crust being here neither created ( 1 ) nor destroyed ( 2 ) ( Fig. 18.1 ) . |
| 29 | The violent hammering continued and Jenna crept out of bed to look down into the dark courtyard . |
| 30 | We climbed down into the massive hole to get a closer look . |