Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] down into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through the middle kitchen window he could just make out the open gate , the wooden ramp covering the steps and the first huge saddle-back sow ambling down into the yard . |
| 2 | Louise cried out as she felt her body tumbling down into the blackness . |
| 3 | He lay there , aware of the weight of his body pressing down into the softness of the bed , of the rise and fall of his chest with each breath , the flow of his blood . |
| 4 | The two men made their way silently along the roof , until they were seated on either side of the skylight looking down into the deserted corridor below . |
| 5 | She was glued to the chair , fascinated by that sharp profile staring down into the street below . |
| 6 | On the basis of the much more complete seismic data available by the late 196()s it was being suggested that the inclined zone of seismicity ( the Wadati-Benioff zone ) associated with island arcs and active continental margin mountain belts could be explained by the existence of a slab of lithosphere plunging down into the mantle . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Thus a stream of water percolating down into the Earth can result in Old Faithful , a little stream , or no surface manifestation . |
| 9 | Fabia was seated in the back of the Mercedes , with Ivo driving down into the valley , when the smile which had been sporting about her mouth suddenly froze . |
| 10 | In a hundred years ' time a solitary figure might well be seen on a lonely road gazing down into the valley , wondering about ‘ Little Hintock ’ . |
| 11 | Nuala crossed to the window and perched on the ledge looking down into the street below . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's a small window in the second room with a large pipe going down into the moat outside , ’ he went on . |
| 13 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 14 | The Doctor ordered Howard to stop the car at the top of the road leading down into the city , weighing up the risks of being attacked by one side or the other . |
| 15 | A dream of the City sliding down into the maw of chaos ; of dear friends and their children dead , and of the darkness to come . |
| 16 | At Ullapool the midday early November sun was low in the sky , white gold fanning down into the sea beyond Scoraig peninsula ; An Teallach hid its snow caps , cut off by a cool indigo-grey cloud . |