Example sentences of "[adv] into [art] bushes " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few paces below where the body lay , and a yard or so into the bushes , there was a patch of free stones , loosely overgrown with grass and lichen , and to all appearance undisturbed for a year or more ; until something about the clear outlining of the upper stone made him look closer . |
| 2 | A twisting road led down into the bushes , and the Doctor set off down it . |
| 3 | He wheeled his horse , and roared his own knights round upon their bowmen ; and the loyal among the marksmen set up an answering howl , and fell out as best they could , leaping sidelong into the bushes and up the heathery slope , to stand clear of the slaughter and find a vantage-point again from which they could play their part . |
| 4 | Very slowly and deliberately Isambard slipped his feet clear of the stirrups and leaned forward as if to swing himself out of the saddle , but in the act he jabbed home hard into the beast 's side with his right spur , and drove him not forward , but flinching sidelong into the bushes in a wild leap ; and leaning both hands on the pommel of his saddle he vaulted out of it and dropped crashing into the bushes almost on top of Owen . |
| 5 | Then he jumped on to the wall and missed his footing , banging his shin hard and falling headfirst into the bushes on the other side . |
| 6 | ‘ The Celts did n't march , ’ Nigel said , dismissing them back into the bushes . |
| 7 | We 'll have to go back into the bushes , then take the tradesman 's path . ’ |
| 8 | Some men delight in exposing their private parts to unsuspecting passers-by , before disappearing back into the bushes which protect them . |
| 9 | Shrugging , he slipped Blake 's identification into his pocket , and tossed the wallet carelessly back into the bushes beside the corpse . |
| 10 | ‘ No , this he threw back into the bushes when it snapped and turned in his hand . |
| 11 | He threw it now into the bushes . |