Example sentences of "[v-ing] down into the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Jack , time seemed to stand still as he sat at his stepfather 's bedside , gazing down into the inanimate features and waiting for a miracle . |
| 2 | She did not want to look at him , and crossed to stand before the mantel over the fireplace , gazing down into the empty grate . |
| 3 | La Hepburn is the all-time Oscar champion , with twelve nominations spanning forty-nine years — and four wins , from Morning Glory in 1932 to On Golden Pond in 1981 , without once stepping down into the Best Supporting category . |
| 4 | Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room . |
| 5 | Moonlight was pouring over the valley , black and silver , and presently Lugh was standing at the edge of the forest , looking down into the shallow dip that sheltered the great Manor of Tara . |
| 6 | Looking down into the aromatic liquid , she cleared her throat . |
| 7 | She was standing just beyond the bridge , looking down into the tiny stream , one hand raised to her neck , the other holding her folded fan against her side . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's just one thing I have to tell you Butch , ’ said Sundance , looking down into the foaming white water below , ‘ I ca n't swim . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At first he will be greatly praised by his people , before sinking down into the dark pit of sin and pride . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | From his own vantage point he moved forward , leaning on the parapet of Blackfriars Bridge , peering down into the murky blackness of the river . |
| 13 | And she felt herself spiralling down into the fiery darkness . |
| 14 | For those of us staring down into the yawning chasm of the generation gap it really is n't so bad , you know . |
| 15 | Philip ap Ivor stood staring down into the blank cavity for a long moment with drawn brows and tight lips . |
| 16 | Lee knocked again , and this time the door was immediately opened and he found himself staring down into the large black barrels of a sawn-off shotgun . |
| 17 | I kept telling myself that I had killed her — had killed her as surely as if my own hands had sent her plunging down into the muddy waters of the Thames . |
| 18 | It was virtually a hundred-and-eighty-degree turn and very sharp , the culvert blocked with stone and the remains of a small tree , so that the full volume of the water coming down the gully was swirling across the track to disappear over the edge , thundering down into the main gorge of the Jequetepeque . |