Example sentences of "[v-ing] down into a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willie gazed at the gentle way he fingered the udders and at the warm white liquid spurting down into a bucket underneath . |
| 2 | To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes . |
| 3 | She was sinking down into a dream , aware only of the warmth of his body wrapped intimately against her own . |
| 4 | She felt as if she were sinking deeper and deeper in her own panic , her whole consciousness going down into a quicksand while her body stood there , stupid with fear . |
| 5 | This develops into a large bulky plant 2ft high , which collapses after heavy frost , blanketing the ground and breaking down into a mass of fibre . |
| 6 | Large departments are breaking down into a number of smaller units . |
| 7 | I had found the wire cages where they were trapping them coming down into a stream . |
| 8 | Rupert , left alone with Ianthe and Penelope , found himself heaving a sigh of relief , flopping down into a chair , and suggesting a cup of tea . |
| 9 | Or in this sort period before things actually settling down into a routine |
| 10 | People who wanted information from him were noting his silence and making their judgments accordingly ; his life seemed to be funnelling down into a pit like so much waste water , and yet he could n't stir himself to the right kind of action . |