Example sentences of "[v-ing] down into the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the gallery the girl halted , gazing down into the hall through one of the archways cut into the wall . |
| 2 | If you are walking down into the centre along Avenida do Infante , after the Savoy Hotel you pass the modern Casino Park Hotel and , behind it , the new Casino . |
| 3 | He lay there , aware of the weight of his body pressing down into the softness of the bed , of the rise and fall of his chest with each breath , the flow of his blood . |
| 4 | A private party in some high-rise apartment block ; looking down into the city from the forty-second floor , it was like being inside a radio , one of those old valve radios , and Jed almost told Creed what he thought , he almost blurted something Creed would n't even have understood , You must 've had radios thrown away some time , did n't you ? but the rush blew over and he was still staring down into the forest of lit buildings and he still had n't spoken . |
| 5 | At Ullapool the midday early November sun was low in the sky , white gold fanning down into the sea beyond Scoraig peninsula ; An Teallach hid its snow caps , cut off by a cool indigo-grey cloud . |
| 6 | If a car has been left at the chapel , a more direct way to it may be made by turning down into the valley from Outrake Foot . |
| 7 | Freed , thus , from the weight of the dragon 's will , and safely assured of being able to get home again Maggie turned her mind to her own task and went travelling down into the labyrinth of memory and desire . |
| 8 | When his father was absent , he would come here himself and stand beside the pool , staring down into the water as if emptying himself into its depths , letting his thoughts become the fish , drifting , gliding slowly , almost listlessly in the water , then rising swiftly to breach the surface , imbued with sudden purpose . |
| 9 | A private party in some high-rise apartment block ; looking down into the city from the forty-second floor , it was like being inside a radio , one of those old valve radios , and Jed almost told Creed what he thought , he almost blurted something Creed would n't even have understood , You must 've had radios thrown away some time , did n't you ? but the rush blew over and he was still staring down into the forest of lit buildings and he still had n't spoken . |
| 10 | The basic solution is first to restrict the flow of water percolating down into the aquifers by planting trees , preferably native species , on the higher ground . |
| 11 | Slipping down into the parking-lot under the hotel was like being swallowed , the entrance a dark throat with the tongue cut out . |
| 12 | Dropping down into the galley for a carving knife , he cut the rope loose from his neck . |
| 13 | Be was considerably taken aback when he felt two sharp prongs projecting down into the vagina beside the cervix . |
| 14 | No sharing and rolling down into the dip in the middle . |
| 15 | A dream of the City sliding down into the maw of chaos ; of dear friends and their children dead , and of the darkness to come . |