Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [conj] into [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of recently developed innovative schemes encourage early diversion of mentally disturbed people out of the courts and into the care of the mental health services before they reach prison . |
| 2 | But it was a moor hen that stepped out of the reeds and into the water , flirting its white tail , dipping its head , pecking at the surface with its bright red beak . |
| 3 | As soon as the salmon had passed between the prongs and into the net , he would scoop the net up triumphantly to inspect the size of the catch . |
| 4 | I went up the steps and into the hotel . |
| 5 | She picked up a candle and ran nimbly up the steps and into the kitchen . |
| 6 | They beat a retreat up the steps and into the station . |
| 7 | Athelstan wrapped the cope around him and , telling Crim to go forward , they left the church , processing down the steps and into the maze of Southwark streets . |
| 8 | Her mother and father had had to help her down the steps and into the car . |
| 9 | Afraid Julius might be coming after her , she ran down the steps and into the garden , following the paths that led between wide beds of herbaceous flowers , many of them still blooming happily in the warmth of the long , sunny autumn . |
| 10 | She skipped up the steps and into the house . |
| 11 | They all walked up the steps and into the house . |
| 12 | Down the clachan street he ducked and dodged through the retiring clansmen , half-hidden by the smoke , Lachlan yelling after him , till suddenly they were clear of the huts and into the fight round the ships . |
| 13 | Angrily , Martha flounced into the yard and flushed the chickens out of the bushes and into the pen where they passed the night , fiercely calling ‘ shi-shi ! ’ to the birds with the resentment she felt towards her unreasonable grandmother . |
| 14 | Sport spread from the stands and into the home with the Cup Final as the sporting highlight of the year reaching a female audience for the first time . |
| 15 | The station pilot at Holyhead , a Class 08 Diesel Shunter , had failed before being able to shunt the rake of NWCE coaches from the sidings and into the platform . |
| 16 | They ended up laughing about that , but it was the uneasy laughter of desperation and displacement , and all they could do after that was finish the whisky and have the joint Rory had been working on , and it was almost a relief when Fergus was sick as a dog out of the window , hanging out barfing onto the slates and into the guttering while Rory tried to clean the plaster off the top bunk and stowed the guns out of harm 's way . |
| 17 | moving off the shelves and into the shop and , what we would do was erm deli people now do er , stock an order by computer and , and people like Sainsburys were doing that in the seventies , you know , and they would actually work over er work on erm data erm , from their computer and order er erm you know , okay , they 'd be an event at the weekend or something and they 'd , they 'd of , increase it or something , but they would technically work out exactly what the throughput of certain items were . |
| 18 | I poked a finger into the animal 's rump and he trotted forward , proceeded unhesitatingly between the posts and into the passage . |
| 19 | The establishment of hospices is a genuine example of moving out of the margins and into the city of the world ( Du Boulay 1984 ) . |
| 20 | They 've gone over the excavations and into the meadow — ‘ |
| 21 | When a spider bites its prey , the fangs are driven into the victim and at the same time the venom is discharged from the gland , down the fangs and into the wound . |
| 22 | Sacred to the Aboriginals of the Kimberleys , the images are revered as awesome beings who in primeval times wandered around the landscape , instructing the indigenous people in the use of weapons and tools and initiating tribal laws , rites and customs , and after completing their task they disappeared into the heavens or into the ground . |
| 23 | They followed the porter along the serpentine path , then suddenly they were through the trees and into a glade ringed by clumps of trees , silent except for the gurgle of a small brook as it splashed down some rocks which thrust up out of the ground like the finger of a buried giant . |
| 24 | Not many women reach her years and have as much — for everything he can imagine her wanting he hastens to provide ; and it is bestowed as if she were a young and lovely creature at her first ball , and when he helps her down the stairs or into a taxi — for she is getting frail — he turns her into Gloriana . |
| 25 | I shook her off and staggered out of the office , down the stairs and into the lobby . |
| 26 | Mr Brownlow hurried out of the room , down the stairs and into the coach without another word . |
| 27 | The questions tumbled from him as he went hand in hand with Beth , down the stairs and into the kitchen , where Peggy was soon caught up in the excitement . |
| 28 | She turned from her and ran down the stairs and into the yard , there to stand for a moment petrified when she saw the young fellow lying on his side , the blood oozing from somewhere above his ear . |
| 29 | So the boss came down the stairs and into the shop and he saw Oh hello , well did you get on with the Your examination ? |
| 30 | It seemed a longer walk than usual from the bedroom , along the passage , down the stairs and into the living room . |