Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] [noun pl] into the " in BNC.
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1 | Mackay died , personally leading his troops into the thickest of the fight at the Battle of Steenkirk in July 1692 . |
2 | It is perhaps worth making the point ( for readers who are just beginning their enquiries into the history of this period ) that a lord did not usually own all the land on his manor but had certain defined rights , which differed from place to place and even between neighbouring settlements . |
3 | The mortar team are still lobbing their bombs into the enemy positions as we dash across the road and over a five-bar gate , then double along the hedgerow that runs alongside the road . |
4 | While ploughing or sowing his field , he was still pushing his enquiries into the operations of nature . |
5 | By the time Bernice and her colleagues had arrived , it had degenerated into a series of unconnected fragments which drifted apart over thousands of years , gradually leaking their atmospheres into the vacuum . |
6 | Following on from the IWM 's history of Duxford work , Mary is now getting her teeth into the service history of the IWM/Shuttleworth combined Sea Hurricane I restoration project . |
7 | Some are busily scribbling down every word she utters , others are watching her quizzically , chewing the ends of their ballpoints , and those who looked bored at the outset are now staring vacantly out of the window or diligently chiselling their initials into the lecture-room furniture . |