Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] down into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ponies walked slowly because their feet went down into the snow . |
| 2 | Our immediate problems were sorting out our living arrangements , for although it had been agreed with Tandri that we would occupy the ship 's only excuse for a cabin we now found our things moved down into the hold . |
| 3 | Several nearby windows came up and a number of guns flew down into the street . |
| 4 | From there they went darting across the boiling surface like a dragon-fly , skimming with the currents where the banks were swept too open and smooth to hold flotsam , swinging aside round the sergeant 's paddle in the marked spots ; round the shovel-shaped end of Eel Island , which had scooped up a full load of branches , twigs , uprooted grass , and even more curious trophies , but not what they were seeking ; a little way down the sluggish backwater beyond , until motion ceased in stagnant shallows , and still there was nothing ; out into the flood again , hopping back on to the current as on to a moving belt that whisked them away ; revolving out of the race again where the trees leaned down into the water at the curve by the Lacey farm , acting like a great , living grille to filter out debris ; clean across the width of the river at the next coil , to where the long , sandy shallow ran out and encircled a miniature beach . |
| 5 | Then one of my sons went down into the village to see if the army had left , He came back to tell us that they had destroyed everything , that they had taken all the maize , all the cows and had burnt every house in sight . |
| 6 | The young Germans went down into the crypt , pulling you after them . |
| 7 | Both arms plunged down into the water , but she was able to steady herself by pressing her hands on the stony bed . |
| 8 | On one occasion a team of five men went down into the tunnels for which purpose they had to pass through the line of empty stabled cars . |
| 9 | The porridge tasted very good ( 48-hour ration pack style ) and hard tack biscuits ground down into the tea , not too bad . |
| 10 | A moment later the hatch shot open and men in boots came down into the hold , their voices loud in the confined space . |
| 11 | In August 1952 the innocent-looking East and West Lyn rivers swept down into the Devon resort of Lynmouth , obliterating houses and removing all trace of the Beach Hotel , which was carried out to sea . |
| 12 | A short ladder pitch from one of the ventilation shafts led down into the level . |
| 13 | For a second the boat began to turn on its side , then the oars went down into the water and the boat came down the side of the wave . |