Example sentences of "[adv prt] into the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giles-the-murderer , who had been in the coffee shop , strolled along into the mêlée and started being frightfully nice to old ladies . |
| 2 | They are tunnelling down into the sewers and up into the cavity walls and suspended ceilings . |
| 3 | They cantered down into the village and led their horses into the graveyard . |
| 4 | Having decided on your broad aims and objectives and any outside resources which may be required , you should then break these down into the knowledge and skills the nurse requires in order to complete the project . |
| 5 | One by one he filled each chamber with powder and then , without wadding or patch , placed a soft lead ball on its mouth and pulled the long lever beneath the barrel ; this lever moved the rammer which forced the lead down into the chamber and sealed it so completely , the Collector had been assured , that the powder would still fire even if you immersed your arm completely in water . |
| 6 | So how does pancreatic lipase , an enzyme that knocks around in the essentially aqueous environment of the small intestine , get to grips with fats and oils and break them down into the glycerol and fatty acids that are readily absorbed by the lining of the gut ? |
| 7 | Blackberry was about to reply when another rabbit came noisily through the thick dog 's mercury in the wood , blundered down into the brambles and pushed his way up from the ditch . |
| 8 | I looked down into the punt and saw Rachel gazing up at me from beneath a wide straw hat . |
| 9 | The shore slopes steeply down into the sea and , if the ocean were to dry up , the island would emerge in a single block some 5,400m above the sea bed . |
| 10 | Her eyes were clear of tears ; she looked from a great height down into the park and saw its order and its beauty so determinedly brought forth . |
| 11 | I find some steps , so I go down into the park and have a wander round . |
| 12 | My husband was mad on golf , and he used to go down into the park and send golf balls onto the lawn and then walk back through the rose garden which I put in the wrong place . |
| 13 | Some of the boys followed and we went down into the basement and I turned the phonograph on as loud as it would play . |
| 14 | So at baptism , the new Christian would be immersed and go down into the river or the immersion font in Burmese skirt and coat , and on emerging from the water be clothed with the three garments of a Burmese monk , only white in colour instead of saffron , this signing acceptance as a mature member of the religious community and the cleansing from sin . |
| 15 | The roads are hairpins , up and down , and they 're , they 're not tarmacked and so erm you often saw er buses that had fallen over the sides down into the river or that just were on their side , and that erm that obviously there 'd been accidents . |
| 16 | He stepped on to the deck , then down into the cockpit and , turning , held out his hand . |
| 17 | Gripping the bannister , she looked down into the hall and saw him standing with his back to the door , looking about him as though wondering if he would find her there . |
| 18 | They came down into the hall and heard a key in the lock . |
| 19 | But this raised the problem that one eye was always looking down into the sand and was effectively useless . |
| 20 | Certain snakes and lizards are highly efficient at wriggling themselves down into the sand or gravel in such a way that only the tops of their heads and their eyes remain exposed to view . |
| 21 | As we sat on the top , recovering from the steep walk and admiring the view down into the valley and out to the plains beyond , the boys produced a rather crushed packet of cigarettes and all four of them puffed away merrily . |
| 22 | Maxim bypassed the village completely map-reading George up a third road above the farm and they left the car there with perhaps a quarter-mile walk down into the valley and up again to the cottage . |
| 23 | Somehow she scrambled down into the hollow and landed on her knees by Fand . |
| 24 | Trent dropped down into the galley and took his time searching out a tin of ginger biscuits . |
| 25 | She peered down into the water but was aware only of her own reflection and that of the branches of the beech trees . |
| 26 | For a second the boat began to turn on its side , then the oars went down into the water and the boat came down the side of the wave . |
| 27 | Silently , he went down into the water and swam across the moat . |
| 28 | Once the planting has been done , cover the soil with a thick mulch of crushed bark , peat or leaf mould , which will gradually break down into the soil and help to improve its texture . |
| 29 | Released spores an washed down into the soil and onto the tubers by rain . |
| 30 | Laboriously , she drags it down into the tunnel and there , in the dark , she lays a single egg on the inert body . |