Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] down into the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an area with around 250 cm of rain a year , it seems clear that if the hillsides are not replanted then silt is going to rush down into the river , through the sluice gates of the dam and into the new land , where irrigation canals might become seriously clogged up , and the fertility of the soil lowered . |
| 2 | Some kinds of worm plug their burrows by pulling leaves down into the opening . |
| 3 | The other is holding a grey Government-issue ballpoint above the label on the cover , as motionless as a lizard , waiting to strike down into the space next to the word Subject . |
| 4 | Getting sucked down into the house and the house things and the babyworld and the child-world and the cooking-world and the shopping-world . |
| 5 | all that has had to be replaced because that was starting to drip down into the hall , again ! |
| 6 | And Oz had worked just as hard as she had , not stopping to gaze down into the dale , but picking and picking until his fingers were stained blue-purple . |