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

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1 The oral tradition lived on into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries .
2 Viola was beaming benevolently as she read on into the last column .
3 Such arguments over values , political or religious , were to go on into the next decade .
4 For Jack , time seemed to stand still as he sat at his stepfather 's bedside , gazing down into the inanimate features and waiting for a miracle .
5 She did not want to look at him , and crossed to stand before the mantel over the fireplace , gazing down into the empty grate .
6 LIFESPAN RDBI data transfers can be broken down into the following phases :
7 Words themselves can be broken down into the minimal grammatical units known as MORPHEMES ( stems and affixes ) .
8 Er and that showed er in fact when we reported to members in July of this year , we were seeking from them er an indication as to the priority of the phasing because prior to that and in fact it 's reflected in the structure plan , we simply have a a scheme for A fifty nine , A sixty one relief roads , they 're not broken down into the two schemes .
9 Broken down into the different crops , the figures put soft wheat at 75.68m tonnes ( compared with 72.9m tonnes last year ) , followed by barley , 44.6m tonnes ( 45.7m ) ; maize , 27.4m tonnes ( 22m ) ; durum , 9.3m tonnes ( 7.1m ) ; rye , 3.1m tonnes ( 3.3m ) ; oats , 4.4m tonnes ( 4.6m ) ; sorghum , 0.51m tonnes ( 0.45m ) ; and triticale 1.5m tonnes ( 1.1m ) .
10 La Hepburn is the all-time Oscar champion , with twelve nominations spanning forty-nine years — and four wins , from Morning Glory in 1932 to On Golden Pond in 1981 , without once stepping down into the Best Supporting category .
11 I persuaded them both to come out of the room the same way , as I had no key to the door , and took Heathcliff down into the warm servants ' kitchen with me , while Catherine returned to her guests and the dancing .
12 That I may be able to go down into the Saxon crypt of a cathedral , a tiny , exquisitely rude little chapel , where a thousand years ago my forefathers knelt in prayer , is a draught of pure oxygen .
13 Landing feet first , I broke only partway through the crust , so that nothing but my boots plunged down into the softer material beneath .
14 From there they moved on into the Cambrian mountains ; and for three days they toiled through the worst storms of the year .
15 Setting men to guard both , Douglas and Ramsay moved on into the outer bailey , hardly able to believe their good fortune thus far .
16 It lingers on into the first moments of his wakefulness , leaving him unsure what world he 's really in .
17 He was hitting huge distances down wind but his shots to the green failed to bite and often rolled on into the rough beyond .
18 The remainder deflected downwards into the rear pressurised compartment , went straight through the conduit carrying the cables to the lower rear turret , then carried on into the rear gunner 's position , perforating the hatch and embedding itself in the lagging on the armour plating at the rear of the position .
19 Bowater 's retiring chairman , Norman Ireland , described the purchase as an ‘ exhilarating opportunity ’ and said trading in the last four months of 1992 had been good and this had carried on into the first two months of this year .
20 The identification with the ‘ home town ’ ( furusato ) was carried on into the next , urban-born generation .
21 This , by the way , erm , it it is applied with this study , and that is during the thirties , particularly on the , well it it actually carried on into the forties , but but the , there was a almost a character in many plays , where one one character was , in effect , the family black sheep .
22 Then she padded back into the bathroom , wriggled out of her nightie , and sank down into the hot water .
23 Harvey sank down into the parched grass .
24 She sank down into the smooth embrace of the sheets , at peace .
25 Grant looks down into the dark waters .
26 We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point .
27 Cold sweat ran from his face ; he had scratched at the wound which Tig had inflicted previously , and blood and yellow fluid seeped down into the feathered ruff .
28 Oxford have dropped down into the bottom half of the table , after losing by 1-0 for the third match running .
29 Some 70 pharmaceutical grade trace elements and the basic compound are melted together to ensure a complete mix before being solidified and ground down into the basic salt .
30 In their small hamlets drink was associated with Cossack brutality , when horsemen would swoop down into the Jewish shtetels after Easter and terrorize the people .
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