Example sentences of "one [prep] [adj] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without another word the three of them dressed and then , by the small yellow light of the candles , they opened the strong-box and fed the many leaves of paper one by one into the embers . |
| 2 | The dark shapes of Mario 's men ducked one by one into the saloon leaving only the man on the rod , the mastman , and Gomez . |
| 3 | From the loaf I have taken with me I tear off several pieces of crust and toss them one by one into the current , which carries them over the spot where the chub surfaced . |
| 4 | At the end , the ‘ boys ’ clambered onto the wall , sat with legs crossed and threw themselves backwards over the wall one by one into the arms of a stagehand . |
| 5 | On the diving board armed with umbrellas , a bevy of beauties in fashionable bathing attire dropped one by one into the cove … splish , splosh . |
| 6 | ‘ Who knows ? ’ replied Garvey , chortling as he threw the petitions one by one into the dark interior of the cart . |