Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adv prt] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must tie one end of the string to the opening of the cave and then let the ball unwind as he went down into the labyrinth . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ Well done ’ , as he went out into the street . |
| 3 | Penry put out a hand , then dropped it , and with a strangled curse turned away to stride off over the cobbles of the arcade , an arresting figure in the autumn sunlight as he went out into the street without a backward glance for the girl watching him go . |
| 4 | As he came back into the hall , his face irregularly illuminated by its flame , she was overwhelmed by the dramatic beauty of his features . |
| 5 | Evelyn asked as he came back into the room . |
| 6 | Battler looked at him eagerly as he came back into the room . |
| 7 | She was still silently pondering this as he came back into the room and smiled across at his mother . |
| 8 | As he stepped back into the circle of dimming green light issuing from the door of the transmat booth he looked for a moment like some bizarre demon that Francis had summoned . |
| 9 | As soon as he stepped out into the fluorescent-lit corridor , he was met by an official who hurried him into a briefing room . |
| 10 | Doyle shook his head angrily as he stepped out into the night and buttoned up his jacket . |
| 11 | ‘ Straight on , ’ Ward said as he got back into the driving seat . |
| 12 | It is easy to see how the plot of We Did n't Mean To Go To Sea hatched , as he looked out into the distance and remembered a time when as a young man his anchor had dragged , and he had found himself sailing out to sea at night . |
| 13 | As he strode out into the darkness , the gloom and chill of the evening only served to sharpen his anticipation , so that he had no eyes for the RIC men on patrol , the few pedestrians hurrying along , or the horse and cart just moving off beside him on the road , the barely discernible name JAS SULLIVAN painted on the cart 's side and a burly figure with a flattened nose and scarred face hunched on the driver 's seat , desultorily twitching the reins . |
| 14 | The old Bishop waited for the little murmur of sympathetic approval that ran through the ranks , and they listened just as sympathetically as he rambled on into the usual pious platitudes that ended his eulogy . |
| 15 | ‘ Thank you , now take your letter to Hay , then hurry home ! ’ he called as he rode off into the distance . |
| 16 | ‘ Is our guest still asleep ? ’ he asked as he walked through into the kitchen in his towelling robe , the cup of tea in his hand . |
| 17 | Ashenden nodded as he walked through into the Bar-Annexe : ‘ Poor chap ! ’ |
| 18 | As he walked out into the silent white world Michael was glad of the freezing cold that seemed to cut down into his lungs . |
| 19 | As he walked back into the hot street he wondered if some royal bastard did indeed lurk in her family tree . |
| 20 | Wind whipped at Duvall 's hair and the lapels of his greatcoat as he squinted out into the rain-slashed darkness , trying to see what in hell had happened . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's the drivers that run this town , ’ muttered one politician as he tripped off into the driveway . |
| 22 | ‘ Hello … what in … ? ’ but the words died on his lips as he drew out into the full brilliance of the moon something that shone with the colour of the moon itself , a circlet of gold on which stood a row of triangular shapes from each of which flashed a pebble , some green , some blue , some red the colour of rubies . |
| 23 | ‘ What is there to get excited about ? ’ said Morris easily , the flesh beneath his chin folding over the top of his collar as he leaned back into the cushions . |
| 24 | ‘ Put some rugs on her , ’ he ordered Perdita , as he raced back into the house . |
| 25 | Corbett was oblivious to everything else as he travelled down into the city : the dirty streets , the noisy clamour of the traders , even the mixture of rich smells from bakeries , cookshops and heaps of human and animal ordure steaming in the summer sun . |
| 26 | ‘ Happy Christmas , ma'am , ’ the postman says and , as he steps back into the darkness , she notices he 's wearing gloves . |
| 27 | ‘ The constables are coming , ’ he said tersely as he moved back into the room . |
| 28 | ‘ Hey , Miguelito do good , huh , ’ he giggled , with a little prance of his feet before scurrying forrard for the starboard sheet , and yapped dog-like as he jumped back into the cockpit , sheet ready . |