Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A low Mughal gateway led on into a wet and glistening flagstone courtyard ; it was deserted but for a solitary pupil running late towards his class . |
| 2 | At Beni Suef we got down into a dusty twilight . |
| 3 | A broad staircase led down into a hushed and panelled hallway . |
| 4 | The wooden stairs led down into a narrow corridor illuminated by a single naked bulb dangling at the end of a piece of frayed flex . |
| 5 | A steep path led down into a narrow , deeply eroded valley through which a clear stream ran , swift yet shallow , to the plains below . |
| 6 | Rough scree led down into a wide , sandy amphitheatre followed by a gentle descent over grassy hillsides to a pleasant campsite in a meadow , complete with sparkling stream , beneath the majestic cliffs of the nameless Peak 41 ( 6654 m ) . |
| 7 | Feeling almost overwhelmed by their hostess 's kind welcome , Laura sank down into a wide , soft couch , looking about her as Carole bustled off to fetch a cool drink . |
| 8 | Then the rider relaxed his legs , the horse moved off into a working trot , the rider rising so much at one with the animal that he in his turn appeared to be performing a piaffe . |
| 9 | The relationships can now be changed , delays between activities inserted and the whole built up into a complex network that can be displayed as a PERT chart by using the optional unit . |
| 10 | Detail by detail built up into a formidable possibility , in which , nevertheless , he did not believe . |
| 11 | Once the pioneers of a new level of development were given the chance to flourish , they radiated out into a whole range of orders and families to take advantage of all the various possible means of gaining a livelihood . |
| 12 | Then I branched out into a new area . |
| 13 | Wycliffe passed through into a large , well kept garden — too well kept for his taste : shrubs pruned , grass like a bowling green , edges trimmed . |
| 14 | We sailed on into a warm enveloping darkness . |
| 15 | Full of mussels and topped up with Pinot Gris , Joshua and Felicity drove down into a twilit Brighton . |
| 16 | Tom unhitched it and Willie darted through into a small lane . |
| 17 | His extraordinary conceit and capacity for intrigue spilled over into a genuine mental instability and in 1869 he was removed from Rome to a lunatic asylum in a convent at Passy , a suburb of Paris . |
| 18 | Treating his pupils to the compliment of rational disagreement sometimes spilled over into a verbal contest so fierce that the young person concerned was abashed or even frightened . |
| 19 | We drove off into a gentle January night . |
| 20 | Adam came up into a kneeling position and waited for the bus to start moving . |
| 21 | The ketchup bottle cascaded out into a million glass fragments which showered down in slow motion ; floating and turning lazily like snowflakes , the light shivering in them like jewels . |
| 22 | I realized I was lost when the sky suddenly lightened and I came out into a broad clearing . |
| 23 | They came out into a wide waterway which ended in docks . |
| 24 | I came out into a strange city — hardly knew my way around . |
| 25 | Two great doors stood open in an arched entrance and they came out into a cobbled courtyard . |
| 26 | We came out into a lovely night : the effect of the quiet town , in the moonlight , with the snowclad hills behind is one that I sha n't soon forget , ’ wrote Warnie . |
| 27 | They did not speak until they came out into a busy , noisy street . |
| 28 | I thought he had seen the enemy aircraft and , as he winged over into a steep dive I followed him without question . |
| 29 | From there , after a change of buses and yet another lunch-time fast , the road climbed up into a bare landscape of mountains sweeping into each other , before it settled into the endless vistas of the high altiplano , a treeless puna 3,962 metres above sea level ; home for llamas , alpacas and the Aymara Indians . |
| 30 | At the eastern end of the Ludwigstrasse the street opened out into a small square below the towering walls of the Herzogschloss , a massive fortification dating from the fifteenth century and set back only a few yards from the Danube . |