Example sentences of "and [v-ing] into the " in BNC.

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1 She could n't risk slipping on the wet surface of the stones and pitching into the river .
2 When chipping and pitching into the wind , the ball will settle down more quickly and the stroke must be quite positive , with a quite noticeable acceleration through impact .
3 The left-hander just avoided a caught-and-bowled to Malcolm 's left hand , but when Gooch brought Salisbury on , this time at the Nursery end , and pitching into the legside rough , he spun one right across Salim Malik to have him caught at gully .
4 They both soon scattered when a mortar bomb burst at the entrance to the orchard , sending shrapnel whistling through the trees and thudding into the walls of the little cottage just a few yards away .
5 Distempering houses , and stepping into the breach when somebody 's cook has lumbago , and exercising people 's dogs .
6 The door opened quietly ; and stepping into the kitchen , as he had stepped a thousand times before , came Jake .
7 Placing the night-light against the wall she sat down on the top stair , humping the eiderdown high over her shoulders and gazing into the darkness .
8 They seemed further away , their shells passing over very high up and crashing into the area of the Orne canal .
9 The great metal roof-tree which held the house together had bent inwards as though from some giant 's blow , and listening , Rachel could hear tiles still slithering down the slope and crashing into the street forty feet below .
10 Following the path with my thoughts wallowing in nostalgia , I soon found myself back where I started and crashing into the people I had heard through the mist .
11 An oil drum was kicked away , rolling and crashing into the wall beside her .
12 She slammed on her brakes and horn simultaneously as the jeep swerved to miss her , careering off the road and crashing into the gully alongside .
13 Going too fast would result in his jumping over the pool and crashing into the far end .
14 Mansell locked his brakes up and span off , his car turning backwards and colliding into the wall at about 75mph in a cloud of debris which included his right front wheel .
15 The third constraint is observed by controlling the design process at sub-assembly stage , echoing the relevant design data into component part technical sub-files and the geometric size and spacing into the relevant spatial files .
16 I love it when they put their hand right there and you can feel their fingers in your hair and pressing into the top of the back of your neck .
17 I scrambled to my feet , forcing the turban over my eyes and bending the feather till it stuck out like a pan-handle , went nervously into the comedy routine and finished by singing , ‘ If There 's a Wrong Way to Do It ’ and walking into the proscenium arch .
18 Constance ran round the side of the house , and walking into the kitchen , slammed the door loudly behind her .
19 As each wheel rotates , one power after another becomes active , taking over from the one that went before it and blending into the one that follows .
20 Johnson then insisted on descending to the shore and boating into the basin itself , which was entered by means of vigorous rowing to the very entrance , then , oars shipped , by Gliding the rest of the way , as the extended oars would not squeeze through the opening — although they might today , after two centuries of further erosion .
21 Almost dark now , and the bombers would be taking off from Fenton Bishop , heaving and thrashing into the air , into the same sun that had reddened Loch Ardneavie .
22 There are no cars in Venice — you 'll often see the locals coming out of their front doors and leaping into the boats tied up outside — and everything must be delivered by water .
23 And leaping into the saddle he raced back to Grimspound , Nero at full stretch , the Devil laughing and snapping at his heels as he went .
24 ‘ My past … ’ said the Doctor , putting the juggernaut into gear and driving into the hole .
25 It 's a strange sensation levelling out from the climb at six hundred feet and trimming into the glide before passing the end of the runway .
26 Exercise consisted of getting up in the morning , reaching for a cigarette and climbing into the car .
27 He was breathing heavily and pushing into the room behind Sarella .
28 A hideously powerful blow on one of the boards sent it splintered and whirling into the basement .
29 Feel that your quiet , heavy limbs are almost spreading out and sinking into the floor like water that has been spilled .
30 ‘ It was a team effort , starting life as a coarsely shopped terrine and developing into the layered terrine it now is , showing off the colours and textures of the ingredients , ’ he says .
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