Example sentences of "down into the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And he had taken them down into the Southern Ocean , not as far as we were going , but far enough to be in amongst the ice , circumnavigating the whole land mass of Antarctica in waters no man had ever sailed before . |
2 | When he returned , carrying two mugs , she took hers automatically then stared down into the swirling liquid . |
3 | The illegal payments scandal brought them down to earth with a bump and down into the 3rd division . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Furious , Wilson went down into the freezing kitchen , where the well banked-up fire had not quite died down , and poked it vigorously until it began to burn up . |
6 | And crawled over the edge of the dish and slid down into the mushy stuff . |
7 | Before returning , a look down into the tremendous ravine of Ling Gill below the bridge will reveal a most impressive scene , the beck hurrying along a bouldery bed fringed by trees and cliffs on its way to join the Ribble ; several minor caves have been found and explored along its banks but the rough terrain is a deterrent to walkers who prefer to travel sedately . |
8 | Sky , clouds , then down into the closed world of water sound distortion . |
9 | As she settled down into the squashy leather upholstery of the nest-like sofa she listened with half an ear to the voices on the tape , each caller seemingly convinced that disaster would intervene if Luke did n't call them back immediately . |
10 | He watched the engineer go , and then turned and let them take him up to the wall-walk , and down into the beleaguered city where , once , the Genoese had planned to keep him hostage while his company fought for Carlotta . |
11 | Then she padded back into the bathroom , wriggled out of her nightie , and sank down into the hot water . |
12 | It climbs steeply through trees , into quiet hillside streets from which little lanes and stairways drop suddenly down into the blue distances of the city . |
13 | Sweat broke out on his face and ran in little rivulets down into the blue stubble . |
14 | Landing feet first , I broke only partway through the crust , so that nothing but my boots plunged down into the softer material beneath . |
15 | Light came from prisms hung in the roof ; great cut slabs of crystal reflected light from the outside walls through long , empty light corridors and then down into the tumultuous kitchens . |
16 | Liz flopped down into the battered armchair opposite Linda , and glanced around the untidy playroom . |
17 | But in 1956 Arkell changed his mind and ( partly , one suspects , for the sake of tidiness ) pushed the Callovian down into the Middle Jurassic . |
18 | Nevertheless , it has taken more than just a pinch of the new S-class 's style with its first real attempt at a grille , cut down into the front bumper . |
19 | DESPITE forecasts last August that this would be the most competitive rugby league season in history , the only issues likely to be left in doubt tomorrow night are who will accompany Swinton down into the Second Division next season and the final line-up for the Premiership competitions . |
20 | Push tool down into the second stitch — the first stitch will slip behind the latch and you can ‘ crochet ’ the second stitch through the first . |
21 | We abandoned the last Munro , especially as it 's a top that can be combined with Meall Greigh to be bagged another day , and staggered down into the long glen that would take us back to our morning starting point . |
22 | She made it down into the long drawing-room with a sort of grim look on her face that Alain noted with a frown . |
23 | Making alterations and additions to the waste side of a two-stack system is relatively simple : the new branch waste pipe simply needs to be taken out through the wall and angled down into the nearest hopper head or gully . |
24 | Duroc looked over the reports from the engineers he had sent down into the dry sewers . |
25 | The church is built close to the edge of the bluff , which falls an overgrown eighty or ninety feet down into the wide bed of the gave or river ; and the view up or downstream is dignified further by the curtain wall of the medieval Tour Monréal , that stands at one corner of the small square in front of the church . |
26 | In a few hours I felt reborn and replete with new powers , washed clean and cured of a long sickness , finally ready to enter life with joy and vigour ; equally cured was suddenly the world around me , and exorcised the name and face of the woman who had gone down into the lower depths with me and had not returned . |
27 | From there the road was downhill , so we were able to coast noiselessly down into the sleeping suburbs , then dismount and push the bike into the city centre . |
28 | That I may be able to go down into the Saxon crypt of a cathedral , a tiny , exquisitely rude little chapel , where a thousand years ago my forefathers knelt in prayer , is a draught of pure oxygen . |
29 | Outside on the terrace , at the point from where Francis used to dive , and made the dive that killed him , I looked down into the moon-flecked pool . |
30 | He snuggled down into the warm blankets . |