Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] down into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside on the terrace , at the point from where Francis used to dive , and made the dive that killed him , I looked down into the moon-flecked pool . |
| 2 | She sank down into the smooth embrace of the sheets , at peace . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As she settled down into the squashy leather upholstery of the nest-like sofa she listened with half an ear to the voices on the tape , each caller seemingly convinced that disaster would intervene if Luke did n't call them back immediately . |
| 5 | Arranging the pillows against the padded head-rest , she slid down into the soft cocoon and , lying flat on her back , gazed up at the deckhead . |
| 6 | We climbed down into the massive hole to get a closer look . |
| 7 | We shoot down into the rapid as if fired out of a cannon . |
| 8 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
| 9 | They looked down into the big disused quarry . |
| 10 | Ellen twisted away and Sweetman laughed at her obvious discomfiture , then , as coolly as though he owned Wavebreaker , he stepped down into the central cockpit where he first brushed at , then sat on , one of the white cushioned seats by the ship 's wheel . |
| 11 | Well he jumps down into the fucking lift shaft and he slipped on i oh eh well you fucking bastard you ! |
| 12 | He went down into the foetid holds of the ‘ sick ships ’ of the second fleet where hundreds lay dying or ill . |
| 13 | Reginald remained in the middle of the room staring at the closed door for a moment ; then , his head making small jerks , he turned towards the fire and , leaning his elbow along the mantelshelf , he looked down into the dying embers . |
| 14 | He snuggled down into the warm blankets . |
| 15 | For those of us staring down into the yawning chasm of the generation gap it really is n't so bad , you know . |