Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] down into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would he , seventeen years afterwards , be able to rediscover the mouth of the hole that led down into the Goughdale Mine ? |
| 2 | A heron scraiked below the steep slabs of stone that chuted down into the sea . |
| 3 | He then ignored both of them , walking to the stairs that curved down into the room and taking the luggage up . |
| 4 | Her tracksuit and flying jacket dragged on the ground as she slid and bumped down into the blackness . |
| 5 | The man looked at Clinton indifferently and peered down into the vat . |
| 6 | The little larvae soon emerge — they know which way to go ! — and bore down into the stem where they pupate and eventually emerge as adults . |
| 7 | Then she padded back into the bathroom , wriggled out of her nightie , and sank down into the hot water . |
| 8 | She ran the bath , loading it with bubble-bath , and sank down into the water . |
| 9 | Merrill went over to the wide settee and sank down into the feather cushions . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Then they rounded the bend by the Bāhan shrine and dropped down into the darkness of the valley . |
| 13 | Then , careless of the damage he did himself , he hoisted his bulk on to the sill , beat out the rest of the pieces of glass with his hand , and dropped down into the room on the other side . |
| 14 | He stared steadily outwards towards the ducks and flamingos while Kraal mantled his plumage , let out a harsh call or two and dropped down into the shelter to pick at the remnant of meat he had left over from the previous day . |
| 15 | He nodded encouragement to his fellows , and they shinned up after him and dropped down into the stockade . |
| 16 | Carefully he swung the grill aside and climbed down into the darkened corridor . |
| 17 | I left the tyre lever and mallet on the grass and stepped down into the boathouse , the shocking chill of the water again a teeth-gritter . |
| 18 | Making alterations and additions to the waste side of a two-stack system is relatively simple : the new branch waste pipe simply needs to be taken out through the wall and angled down into the nearest hopper head or gully . |
| 19 | They went back to the drawing room and settled down into the sofa to talk horses . |
| 20 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
| 21 | Marian crossed to the stair and looked down into the chamber they had left . |
| 22 | He pulled off his mask and looked down into the open conning tower . |
| 23 | From there they crawled the last ten yards to the edge of a rise and looked down into the valley . |
| 24 | Shepherd moved closer and looked down into the viewer . |
| 25 | She moved to the head of the stairs and looked down into the hallway , listening to his footsteps approaching the front door . |
| 26 | Charles stood on the narrow pavement , leaning on the wooden parapet , and looked down into the water , which seemed infinitely deep in the darkness . |
| 27 | She came to it and stood and looked down into the dragon 's mouth . |
| 28 | He went to the window and looked down into the street . |
| 29 | He limped to the side of the roof and looked down into the yard . |
| 30 | He opened his window and hollered down into the courtyard for the scraggy Monkey-boy who had become his slave . |