Example sentences of "[adv prt] into [art] shadows " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh asked after his father-in-law had wandered off into the shadows at the end of the terrace and they heard his stick tapping along the stone floors . |
| 2 | He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it . |
| 3 | For a second she thought they must have turned the other way , and then she saw them again , riding through the trees , the sunlight striking them before they moved off into the shadows . |
| 4 | Li Yuan lay on his back in the huge bed , staring up into the shadows ; the woman beside him was sleeping , her leg against his own , warm and strangely comforting . |
| 5 | He stared up into the shadows . |
| 6 | Mrs Reynolds was in the doorway , almost ready herself to go to the wedding — she never missed a wedding or a funeral — but seeing the procession that approached withdrew back into the shadows of the room to observe better the old cockerel go by followed by his dismayed pullets . |
| 7 | I shrank back into the shadows of the alley and saw people passing by on the sidewalk . |
| 8 | He 'd stand in the doorway and watch Nathan tinkering with his bike and then , when Nathan looked round , he 'd step back into the shadows . |
| 9 | Rose with three men ambushed a couple of trucks one evening , killing 12 men before melting back into the shadows of the scrub . |
| 10 | She crouched back into the shadows and saw Geoffrey run headlong down the stairs . |
| 11 | As they neared her hiding place , Tilly shrank back into the shadows . |
| 12 | Then he allowed the body to drop to the floor , watching it twitch for a second before stepping back into the shadows from which he 'd emerged . |
| 13 | If I could speak I would have said , ‘ Elizabeth , Elizabeth , go back into the shadows , get out of the light , hide your shining face in the shadows . ’ |
| 14 | He stepped back into the shadows and waited . |
| 15 | Ali slipped back into the shadows . |
| 16 | The throng in front of Owen melted away , leaving his men exposed , so he drew them back into the shadows . |
| 17 | She took a step back into the shadows of the hallway and watched the other woman , her heart beating strangely . |