Example sentences of "[verb] down into [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some geezer got down into the tunnels and found his way out . ’ |
| 2 | A possible framework for comprehensive assessment is offered through the concepts of quality of life and risk : two related , multidimensional concepts which can be translated into statements of purpose and scope as well as broken down into the factors which constitute quality of life and risk . |
| 3 | Reconsider this planned essay with the introduction broken down into the parts as suggested . |
| 4 | A twisting road led down into the bushes , and the Doctor set off down it . |
| 5 | And was the water there to go down into the villages ? |
| 6 | He looks down into the gardens hidden everywhere behind the patched and crumbling walls . |
| 7 | It was a gladness to slip down into the sheets knowing the day had ended . |
| 8 | This meal of horse might be compared to the draught of air that a drowning man who has fought his way to the surface manages to inhale before being whirled down into the depths again . |
| 9 | Our beamy Bénéteau made a lot of noise as she slammed down into the troughs before climbing the next steep wave . |
| 10 | Winter cereals are slow to establish , and must be sown earlier : this is apparently because there is a tendency for stubble or killed turf to be pushed down into the slits with the seed where it can create anaerobic conditions leading to the formation of toxic substances such as acetic acid . |
| 11 | With this intention firmly planted in her mind , she headed for the back stairs leading down into the kitchens . |
| 12 | It has a flight of steps leading down into the depths , and its main feature is a high waterfall that emerges from behind a wedged boulder known as Mohammed 's Coffin . |
| 13 | Sometimes I 'd watch their kites going down into the fields overhead , down until they dwindled away out of sight , long before they reached the tops of the trees You ca n't do that often , though , because of all the smog . |
| 14 | How do you stop it getting into the environment , because if you hose it down it will wash down into the drains wo n't it ? |
| 15 | Blackberry was about to reply when another rabbit came noisily through the thick dog 's mercury in the wood , blundered down into the brambles and pushed his way up from the ditch . |
| 16 | For every year at midwinter the sun grows weak and pale , and he sinks down into the marshes to spend the long winter night there , and Mokosh , the old witch , his foster-mother , nurses him until he is strong again , with herbs and spells and incantations . |
| 17 | There he halted , staring down into the flames , but his stillness had a taut , barely restrained quality that kept her heart beating much too fast , and though he seemed totally absorbed in the glowing fire Isabel sensed he was aware of her every movement . |
| 18 | The basic solution is first to restrict the flow of water percolating down into the aquifers by planting trees , preferably native species , on the higher ground . |
| 19 | They are tunnelling down into the sewers and up into the cavity walls and suspended ceilings . |
| 20 | He stared down into the depths of the carp pool , as if seeking the certainty of the past , then shook his head . |
| 21 | Donna felt a twinge of sadness and stared down into the depths of her cup , picking up the spoon and stirring unnecessarily , watching the dark liquid drip from the plastic utensil . |
| 22 | The old man looked away ; stared down into the depths of the pool . |
| 23 | The lower side of the film is softened and , as the solvent evaporates , the film settles down into the irregularities of the etched face and produces the replica . |
| 24 | On one occasion a team of five men went down into the tunnels for which purpose they had to pass through the line of empty stabled cars . |
| 25 | Floating down into the depths , she heard the kitchen door into the back garden close the very moment she switched on the hall light . |
| 26 | The marchers chanted to those watching from balconies : ‘ Come down into the streets ! ’ |