Example sentences of "and [vb past] into the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hauser hunched his large body in his chair and gazed into the distance .
2 While Joseph tearfully attended his father 's grave , and gazed into the reflections of Wallowa Lake , McLaughlin reported that the Nez Perce 's return there would be impractical .
3 She ran frantically back , splashing through the scummy water , stumbling , not caring how much noise she made , and plunged into the darkness of the right-hand tunnel , feeling her way along the walls .
4 He and another man abandoned the caravan and plunged into the 15ft River Ouse in Selby , Yorks , when they spotted police chasing them .
5 Despite his sleepless night , de Castelnau at once went on to the Right Bank and plunged into the work of re-animating the defence .
6 Returning even faster to get his average over 300 m.p.h. , Campbell 's fears were confirmed : at this speed the bow lifted , and the boat somersaulted and plunged into the lake .
7 A snorting and savage beast , it promptly ate all Mother Leeds other children and plunged into the New Jersey forest , from whence it emerged regularly to tear clothes hanging out to dry , and trample vegetable gardens .
8 Jay stripped her clothes off and plunged into the sea , still smiling !
9 Had the plane been recalled on account of bad weather and plunged into the sea ?
10 Gaby was in an eight-girl crew taking part in a raft race near Southsea , Hampshire , when she lost her balance and plunged into the sea .
11 Thunder flashes , Roman candles and other pyrotechnics would enliven its passage until , a spinning hoop of flame , it launched itself over the cliff , described a brief trajectory and plunged into the sea , never to be seen again .
12 In bright sunshine and intense heat the Dutch Guards , ten abreast , led by their massed drums , deployed out of a narrow valley between the hills and plunged into the river , to wade across , sometimes up to their necks in water , under heavy fire , emerging with ardour undimmed , to storm the enemy breastworks .
13 Delighted by Amaranth 's success , Charles Harvey ran down two flights of stairs and plunged into the press room behind the platform .
14 After her abortive attempt to break into journalism , she had gone down to the beach , flung off her dress , and plunged into the water at Backyards .
15 The driver of the 10pm LMS passenger and mail train seemingly overran a home signal at danger and plunged into the rear of the 9.15pm Oxley sidings to Bristol GWR fitted goods before finally colliding with another freight , the 4.45 Westerleigh to Gloucester empties , that was passing on the opposite line .
16 ‘ Plucky little tyke , ’ Richard took his arm and limped into the corridor .
17 I tried to put what I knew and surmised into the context of other sports .
18 But that day his mother had suddenly flown a warning flight , while his father rose into the air and swooped into the valley and back beneath the cliff edge , and suddenly a man was there with something green in his hand which rose into the sky above him and came down towards him .
19 He crossed the road well ahead of the militiamen and rode into the encampment where the wedding was still being celebrated .
20 For example , consider : ( 4 ) The lone ranger jumped on his horse and rode into the sunset ( 5 ) The capital of France is Paris and the capital of England is London ( 6 ) ? ?
21 When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes .
22 So I gingerly walked down and crept into the car realized that I was the one that had caused all that
23 He found the keyhole , opened the door quietly , and crept into the living-room .
24 The dragon stood up , lumbered heavily across the meadow , and fluttered into the air .
25 But , but I mean I suppose if we take sense of standing up against , it 's saying , and it stands up against , and it withstands against many sicknesses and evils and inserted into the middle of that , and succoureth it by virtue , so it helps by its goodness to withstand sicknesses and evils .
26 When Jason saw the gun , he jumped out and got into the hedge , ’ said Charlotte .
27 Everyone tapped their toes and got into the swing a reggae one rather than an electoral one .
28 But Merry crawled and got into the pigsty ; and I almost fell on top of him and slammed the door .
29 Yes what er happened , th there was erm erm er the radioactive cloud that came up was swept by the winds around the world and in fact as it went over the United Kingdom er it happened to rain on er Cumbria and North Wales so some of this radioactivity was brought down , it settled on the grass and got into the soil .
30 They waved goodbye at the door and got into the Jaguar well pleased at the chunk which had been taken out of the Guinness Mahon share mountain .
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