Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Hari returned she saw that Craig was standing at the window looking out into the darkness . |
| 2 | I stood by the window staring out into the foggy darkness , taking deep breaths to try and stifle some hollow feeling of new disease . |
| 3 | The two men made their way silently along the roof , until they were seated on either side of the skylight looking down into the deserted corridor below . |
| 4 | A vignette is an illustration without border or frame , the picture shading off into the surrounding paper . |
| 5 | But the risk of rocket failure was considered too high , potentially bringing the radioactivity raining back into the earth 's atmosphere . |
| 6 | They ran out and , shutting the door behind them , blocked the gaps around it with a torn sheet to stop the water leaking out into the corridor . |
| 7 | ‘ Until then my main unspoken worry had been the dinghy swinging up into the tail . |
| 8 | The house was quite high on the slopes and he could see the main road down into the town , and behind that the mountains on the other side of the valley sweeping up into the changing skies . |
| 9 | The Doctor ordered Howard to stop the car at the top of the road leading down into the city , weighing up the risks of being attacked by one side or the other . |
| 10 | Taking a deep breath and straightening her slumping shoulders , she pushed open the back door of the colonel 's house , and as she saw the dim light from the lounge spilling out into the hall she walked in that direction . |
| 11 | Nuala crossed to the window and perched on the ledge looking down into the street below . |
| 12 | I spun into the spotlight with arms raised , smile flashing , galloped down the stairs , trying not to look down , across the stage , bowing like a courting duck to the boxed panel en route , along the promontory jutting out into the midst of the wildly cheering audience and , as the extravagant applause began at last to subside , heard myself say : |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Even with full flap the aeroplane is quite clean , so maximum drag is used to get the power setting up into the quick-response range for a safe goaround . |