Example sentences of "his [noun] [adv] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked at the handle of the punch he held , fitting his fingers wonderingly into the shape another hand had worn in it , a good hand , muscular and slender , shaped very much like his own . |
| 2 | Harry ran and caught him by the arm , clenching his fingers desperately into the folds of the wide velvet sleeve . |
| 3 | The most prevalent conspiracy theory in Iraq nowadays is that the West never wanted to get rid of Saddam and were actually on his side , helping him to flush his enemies out into the open . |
| 4 | A new scar ran from the line of his jaw down into the collar of his open tunic , and Jehan guessed that Artai had broken the law which forbade the ill-treatment of captives , and he frowned . |
| 5 | And whether he knew it or not , he could be marked down as one of Wainwright and Hayling 's ‘ Fragments ’ — a talented 1960s person who had now matured and wanted to bring his skills back into the mainstream . |
| 6 | She suddenly realised that fitzAlan had turned his horse back into the forest , along a parallel course with the river , but out of sight of the small hamlet . |
| 7 | As he landed , he skewered his heels deliberately into the pale teak . |
| 8 | Then he shot his legs up into the sky and slid down without a splash . |
| 9 | The Doctor sat on one of the medlab 's empty diagnostic beds , and drew his legs up into the lotus position . |
| 10 | Waterworth still wanted to fight , claimed Mr Prescott and he stood between the two men trying to get his girlfriend back into the pub . |
| 11 | ‘ Probyn had something to prove and he proved it — the guy is a world-class scrummager , ran around like a 21-year-old and scored the try that brought his side back into the match at 20–23 . ’ |
| 12 | He swung back and , just as his legs began to shift his weight forward into the shot and the downswing began , the record man shouted , ‘ Hey , Wally , how ya doin' , man ? ’ |
| 13 | He extended his talons experimentally into the grass , and then withdrew them again . |
| 14 | Clarke explains his mysteries right into the ground , even while making his astronomical facts blossom . |
| 15 | As they belted over the top of the wheel , the wind plucked his laughter away into the night . |
| 16 | Holly wriggled , squirmed , manoeuvred his body down into the hole . |
| 17 | But now the sun can not do this because the man is dead but his comrades are hoping that by moving his body out into the sun it can use its power to wake him as it used to do . |
| 18 | He wrote a substantial commentary on the book of Daniel , to discourage fervent apocalyptic expectations of an imminent end to the world which had lately led one bishop to lead his flock out into the desert to meet the returning Lord , requiring a rescue operation by government authority . |
| 19 | At the foot of her bed , the cat Hastings rose , turned around and around , pushing his paw gently into the eiderdown , and then curling into the soft silk hollow . |
| 20 | A Spanish recruit I had been playing poker against started making faces and gesturing behind the Padre 's back , when suddenly , without taking his eyes off the Frenchman to whom he had been talking , the priest jerked his elbow backwards into the Spaniard 's face , slamming him against an oven . |
| 21 | Activity in the two days following Cedric Downes 's release had hardly afforded a model of investigative collaboration , with Morse sleeping through until the late afternoon of the Sunday , then idling away most of the Monday in his office , moodily perusing the documents in the case ; and with Lewis doing the converse , making what he felt had been a fairly significant contribution to the case on the Sunday afternoon , and then spending the whole of the Monday abed , where he had lain dead to the wideawake world , and where , even when Mrs Lewis had gently rocked his shoulder at 6.30 p.m. and quietly breathed the prospect of egg and chips into his ear , he had turned his head over into the pillow and blissfully resumed his slumbers . |
| 22 | He climbed on one side of the desks , stood on tiptoe , and , forcing up the skylight , eased his head through into the icy December wind . |
| 23 | He slid her a coolly measuring look , clearly not accustomed to being told what to do by a mere make-up artist , but to her relief he did as he was bid , lowering himself into the chair and sliding down to tilt his head back into the sink . |
| 24 | In answer she shrugged the thin silk robe from her shoulders , then drew his head down into the cushion of her breasts , curling her legs about him . |
| 25 | ‘ I say , ’ said Zach , poking his head out into the sunlight . |
| 26 | Tug pushed his head deeper into the soft , musty cushions . |
| 27 | Mr Carter 's closer relationship with Mr Bush has got his smile back into the newspapers , but Mr Carter has never stopped believing he can help solve the world 's problems . |
| 28 | Only the really savage hunter , who sinks his fangs deep into the toad 's neck at its very first contact , will suffer a major trauma or death . |
| 29 | Wearing a tidy black suit , Palance throws his carpetbag negligently into the back of Jeff Chandler 's buggy which is to take him to the reservation . |
| 30 | In the 17th century one Nehemiah Cohen made himself particularly famous by opposing ‘ the false prophet of Smyrna , ’ Sabbatai Zevi , who sought to lead his people back into the Holy Land . |