Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They realised that with a car slowly sinking into the marsh there was not a minute to spare . |
| 2 | There are two entrances , one admitting a stream and the other dry ; they soon join , a roomy passage then continuing into the darkness . |
| 3 | A lone horse and rider were visible on the shore of Carlisle Bay , starkly silhouetted against the sun , a bright orange globe slowly descending into the calm , silver sea . |
| 4 | I swam through houses where the sodden relics of habitation floated in the middle of rooms , a child 's shoe , a disintegrating book , a scrap of carpet , its red dye still leaking into the green water . |
| 5 | The investigation into what caused the fire at Lostock was continuing yesterday , with officials from the Health and Safety Executive and Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution both looking into the matter . |
| 6 | In the evenings it was nice to meet up with friends in one of the Club 's bars to discuss stories of the day before wandering into the restaurant to indulge in the delicious hot and cold buffet , washed down with free wine . |
| 7 | And with the recession now biting into the music industry , one desperate insider said this week : ‘ We have a wish-list of people we hope might pop their clogs before Christmas . ’ |
| 8 | He and Sir Brian had gone in first to stand shoulder to shoulder , their comrades around them , a fighting circle of steel slowly edging into the city . |
| 9 | Inside their families , too , their roles are in a state of flux , with the past , the peasant past , the tribal past , the colonial past each with its own particular prescription for the woman 's role constantly intruding into the present . |
| 10 | ‘ Thermal ’ is a word gradually slipping into the past . |
| 11 | Murmuring to each other , helping each other across the ditch then vanishing into the woods . |
| 12 | They also minimized the risk of infection caused by faecal matter accidentally spilling into the peritoneal cavity during the operation . |