Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] into the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The fighting continued , spreading off the great curve of the ramparts down into the buildings below .
2 So it shoots the notes down into the body better , and the whole instrument resonates .
3 Grease and press the base down into the tin so that the snipped pieces fold up around the sides of the tin .
4 She waited as the woman disappeared into one of the inner offices , moving to the window and taking a look down into the street .
5 A new scar ran from the line of his jaw down into the collar of his open tunic , and Jehan guessed that Artai had broken the law which forbade the ill-treatment of captives , and he frowned .
6 We let the grating fall back and throw the last branch down into the darkness ; it catches on the branches stuck near the top of the shaft .
7 Robin Belcher was paddling in Australian colours and he and partner Fraser dropped their K2 upside down into the water while relaunching from the moderately high jetty at Chertsey .
8 One day , after he had been having lessons for some time , his father was called away by the boss : there was a horse in the ditch : it had gone to sleep on the edge and had rolled upside down into the ditch and could n't get out .
9 The man does n't say anything ; he pushes Andy down into the ferns , and gets a hand free and punches Andy in the face .
10 He followed the officer , stepping through the churned mud , towards the concrete steps down into the brigade post , and the presence of the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council .
11 Alternatively , subducted oceanic crust may be able to pull adjacent continental crust down into the asthenosphere .
12 MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money .
13 McAllister bustled in her turn , made the tea and carried the silver tray through into the parlour , to find Dr Neil at the sideboard , looking grim , the whisky bottle in his hand .
14 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 .
15 At the junction of the Pilgrims Road where one way leads to Birling and the other branches off into the woods there stands the remains of the old Free Chapel of St. Lawrence , which gives its name to the lane running by .
16 The Doctor sat on one of the medlab 's empty diagnostic beds , and drew his legs up into the lotus position .
17 Then he shot his legs up into the sky and slid down without a splash .
18 Then he ducked under the lintel and climbed the steps up into the kitchen , Beth following .
19 It is a quiet and comfortable village to stop in , as I know from having stopped there , with good walks up into the hills and good fishing — for trout , which begin to come into their own around here as the mountain fish .
20 A sharp wind whipped the fallen snow up into the air and blew it into every hole and corner .
21 Reflector boards shone light up into the subjects ' faces to refine the modelling ( reflections give a certain hooded look to the eyes in the portrait here ) .
22 My hon. Friend is right that the Labour party would be prepared to overrule parental ballots and to take grant-maintained schools back into the throes of LEA control , which is exactly what parents have voted to escape .
23 Maggie asked softly and he gave a strange laugh , leading the horse out into the sunlight and locking the door securely again .
24 Large groups of whales occasionally swim ashore and lie stranded on the beach , unable to move their huge bulks back into the sea .
25 You drew me through the undergrowth out into the light and then left me bare and hurting .
26 The Revenue Commissioners and senior officials of the Department of Finance also advised against the idea because of the difficulty in implementing the scheme and policing the flow of funds back into the country .
27 His merciless tone brought a spark of uncertainty back into the eyes of the Prophet .
28 A customer could , therefore , ring round the booths seeking preliminary quotes , before going through the form of putting two traders out into the pit to effect the execution .
29 And it was as Doyle swung the car out into the traffic again that he glimpsed the girl from the oriental-art shop .
30 Dawson nosed the car out into the traffic and came to a halt almost immediately .
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