Example sentences of "[adv prt] into the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Wonderful Members of Parliament , who , little more than twenty years before , had made themselves merry with the wild railroad theories of engineers , and given them the liveliest rubs in cross-examination , went down into the north with their watches in their hands , and sent on messages before by the electric telegraph , to say that they were coming Night and day the conquering engines rumbled at their distant work , or advancing smoothly to their journey 's end , and gliding like tame dragons into the allotted corners grooved out to the inch for their reception , stood bubbling and trembling there , making the walls quake , as if they were dilating with the secret knowledge of great powers yet unsuspected in them , and strong purposes not yet achieved . |
| 32 | ‘ Is that it ? ’ she mouthed at Nils , ‘ accidentally ’ bumping into him as they fell , slower than gravity , down into the ferry . |
| 33 | I leap off my spot and down into the cabin where it sits in a predominant place . |
| 34 | ‘ What now ? ’ asked Robbie , following Fen down into the cabin . |
| 35 | Sweeping up the bag , she hurried aboard , down into the cabin , the dog following . |
| 36 | He stepped down into the cabin . |
| 37 | Karen pulled out of John 's arms then climbed down into the cabin . |
| 38 | On one corner of the site the river had eaten into the bank and pulled part of the masonry of an out-building down into the current where it lay half-submerged , growing gardens of weeds . |
| 39 | From year to year they used the same handrails to go down into the past : lifting the cartwheel at the crossroads , the drilling sessions by the river , the first ambush , marching at night between the safe houses , the different characters in the houses , the food , the girls … |
| 40 | Ensure that no masonry falls down into the cavity , where it could interfere with the wall ties . |
| 41 | Gobbets of soil shook down into the cavity where she hid her face . |
| 42 | Have you ever looked down into the hair dryer ? |
| 43 | Having decided on your broad aims and objectives and any outside resources which may be required , you should then break these down into the knowledge and skills the nurse requires in order to complete the project . |
| 44 | He struck again , this time bringing the knife down into the top of the man 's head , using all his strength to force it through bone that splintered and cracked with a strident shriek . |
| 45 | and down into the top of the leg . |
| 46 | The texture of the novel is in part created by the juxtaposition of dead metaphors and new ones created by slight adjustments to the normal patterns of the language : " … the sun looked down into the top of the dead tree and breathed warmly on the two people " ( p. 142 ) . |
| 47 | The body has slipped slightly down into the bed , rucking the shroud at the waist and behind the right shoulder . |
| 48 | I reach forward , the knife in one hand , the other glove touching then gathering and balling a fistful of duvet and then pulling it sharply , throwing it away behind me as I leap forward , seeing her pale nakedness in the same instant as I slap my hand over her mouth ; her eyes open wide and she starts trying to push up ; I force her back down into the bed , hand still over her mouth . |
| 49 | The child looked up at him , smiled at him , then settled down into the bed . |
| 50 | I look down into the decomposition of leaves — |
| 51 | I 'll pull you down into the gutter . ’ |
| 52 | ‘ She 'll drag you down into the gutter with her , Dane — but if that 's all you want from life , then damn you . ’ |
| 53 | The secret meeting organised by MPs Tim Devlin and Michael Bates , to which they invited selected headteachers to discuss opting out , drags the education debate down into the gutter of political furtiveness and secrecy . |
| 54 | Hands thrust inside his jacket pockets , Kuhlmann went over to the window and stared down into the courtyard again . |
| 55 | He opened his window and hollered down into the courtyard for the scraggy Monkey-boy who had become his slave . |
| 56 | The dropping man came up against the wrought iron , and glass powder sifted like fairy dust down into the courtyard . |
| 57 | Owen slid down into the courtyard in a small shower of mud and masonry . |
| 58 | Owen went down into the courtyard . |
| 59 | Not realising how clearly she could be seen against the light , she looked down into the courtyard . |
| 60 | Sarella looked down into the courtyard where Peter was busily taking off his skis . |