Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [adv] into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lazily , she stretched and smiled , letting her somnolent gaze drift over the procession of reeds and gnarled trees that dipped their branches low into the water . |
| 2 | One evening off a week he had insisted on , and on those evenings Mr or Mrs Crumwallis occasionally poked their noses through into the boarding annexe and yelled ‘ Shut up ’ through the riot proceeding there . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the storm overflow system may well operate if the sewers are overloaded , discharging some of their contents directly into the rivers . |
| 4 | Their Arab legionnaires galloped behind , firing their rifles exuberantly into the sky like extras in a Beau Geste film . |
| 5 | His concern was echoed in a BBC Panorama investigation Only Fools And Horses ? on Monday in which it was claimed that off-course bookies must pour more of their profits back into the Sport of Kings — or it could die . |
| 6 | But the constraints on their existence implied by operating from open waste land or shacks have created a situation where they have little security , and the owners of such enterprises are discouraged from reinvesting a high proportion of their profits back into the business . |
| 7 | ‘ Lille ’ , wrote a local observer in 1869 , ‘ is not a capitalist town , it is first and foremost a great industrial and commercial centre ’ where men put their profits back into the business , did not play about with them , and hoped they would never have to borrow . |
| 8 | Cockburn himself was one of those whose reappraisal led to East Lothian becoming a notable region for agricultural reformers , ploughing their profits back into the improvement of the earth . |
| 9 | We 're trying to get big , local companies to plough some of their profits back into the community through the work of the YMCA . ’ |
| 10 | Other species continue their forays well into the night . |
| 11 | In fact they lick up the nectar by flicking their tongues rapidly into the flower , in the case of hummingbirds as swiftly as thirteen times a second . |
| 12 | Then Europe 's voters and parliaments will need to discuss what they want next , well before they send their ministers back into the Europe-machine . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll what ? ’ he drawled sardonically , before putting down his glass and carrying their suitcases through into the bedroom . |
| 14 | Trees had carelessly let go great branches or had toppled down entirely , throwing their roots up into the air . |