Example sentences of "down and [verb] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | After gorging itself it would lie down and go into a digestive torpor , and could alternately eat and doze over a period of several weeks . |
| 2 | The first of these concentrates on Taligent 's native implementation , now firmly based on a version of the Carnegie Mellon University Mach kernel , which IBM has slimmed down and turned into a true micro-kernel implementation . |
| 3 | The first of these concentrates on Taligent 's native implementation , now firmly based on a version of the Carnegie Mellon University Mach kernel , which IBM has slimmed down and turned into a true micro-kernel implementation . |
| 4 | The first of these concentrates on Taligent 's native implementation , now firmly based on a version of the Carnegie Mellon University Mach kernel , which IBM has slimmed down and turned into a true micro-kernel implementation . |
| 5 | They build up one structure which breaks down and flows into another . |
| 6 | He put the magazine down and stared into space over my head , smiling wisely as I cleared my throat and flapped the hem of my dressing-gown as unobtrusively as I could . |
| 7 | It 's like a speck of dust drifts down and goes into my eye and I look up to see where it came from and I 'm hit by this tonne of bricks ; it hits me that hard . |
| 8 | More than any other comfort his delighted kisses in return soothed her and eventually she was able to put him down and go into the kitchen to speak to Teresa about the day 's duties . |
| 9 | After a while , the bedroom door opened and they heard Mother and the visitor come down and go into the front room of the house . |
| 10 | In any other sphere of life , when the demand for your product collapses for reasons entirely beyond your control , you do n't try to drum up new custom , you wind the business down and go into something more profitable ’ ‘ But there is a disturbing feeling about that something irreversible may be happening in the world and it is not to Britain 's advantage . |
| 11 | He hunkered down and looked into his brother 's face . |
| 12 | Alright after you you perhaps took wagons down and put into that place where you and find the old ones in that room where your wagons are you see . |
| 13 | He left her to settle down and went into his study . |
| 14 | When at last she put the receiver down and went into the kitchen she found that Edward had unpacked the shopping . |
| 15 | The fine tree was soon noticed by the king of Byblos , who ordered it to be cut down and made into a column to support the hall roof of his palace . |
| 16 | For a while , there , he 'd as good as haunted the place in the late afternoons … but then the van had broken down and getting into town had n't been so easy , and besides the restaurant had become so damned busy that he 'd become just another face in an ever-changing crowd . |
| 17 | So I gingerly walked down and crept into the car realized that I was the one that had caused all that |
| 18 | Cathbad clicked his tongue , because this was not the sort of thing you should say to soldiers , who were easily cast down and sent into gloom and doom , something you should certainly avoid before going into battle . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , first the gas has to cool down and collect into whirlpools — the galaxies . |
| 20 | BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL We can now make plastics which can break down and disappear into the soil . |
| 21 | The inner flesh was as raw as a recent wound , and clear resin had oozed to the surface , trickled down and set into sticky pink runnels . |
| 22 | He leans down and looks into my eyes . |
| 23 | The autumn colours come when the green pigment chlorophyll is broken down and re-absorbed into the tree . |
| 24 | Most importantly , when a metal artefact is damaged or becomes redundant , the metal can easily be melted down and recycled into another artefact . |
| 25 | others of the 105 Squadron Blenheims were less fortunate — Z7486 ( Sgts Mackillop , Nethercott and Entwistle ) were shot down and crashed into a factory ; Z7486 ( F/O Lambert , Sgts Copeland and Charles ) was hit by flak and last seen in flames heading further inland ; V7484 ( Sgts Jackson , Williams and Purves ) was also hit by flak but made it back to Swanton for a belly-landing . |
| 26 | The plane come down and bursted into flames . |
| 27 | It did not so much reach a conclusion as slow down and dribble into silence , as though the players had got bored with the melody and let it slip through their fingers carelessly . |
| 28 | Then she was giving him her mouth again so that he might swallow the choked cries of pleasure rising from her throat as the frenzy claimed her once more , and a little later she was thrashing against him , pleading hoarsely for his possession , until Luke held her down and sank into her with a harsh groan . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've got a dead white face , staring black eyes , stringy hair and I need a shave , ’ she announced in a rush , put the phone down and collapsed into gales of laughter . |
| 30 | He was as cranky as a bad-tempered goat , always putting his head down and charging into things that annoyed him . |