Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I will happily drive you to your front door , little one , ’ he said dryly , ‘ but I have the feeling you would prefer not to waken your parents with the noise of the vulgar Alfa revving off into the night . ’ |
| 2 | Downstairs smoke-rooms sent the odour of fine Havana leaf up into the street to mingle with the scent of fresh-roasted coffee or the exhaust of an occasional motorcar . |
| 3 | Without waiting for or expecting a reply , Martha and the reluctant Tilda walked through into the back office . |
| 4 | As Lisa pulled the door open Josey stepped out into the night … and literally came within a hair 's breadth of walking straight into the tall dark figure who was striding up the path . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Lever looked back up at the screen , watching the young T'ang step down into the darkness . |
| 7 | They used the great rivers of northern and western France to penetrate far into the heart of Charles 's kingdom . |
| 8 | So at last Mary went out into the garden , and played by herself under a tree . |