Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long moment they gazed silently into each other 's eyes , and she felt the familiar tug of longing deep in her stomach . |
| 2 | Tendrils from the two black shapes reached out to entwine with each other , pulling their cores closer together until , as Ace watched in amazement , they melded together into a single muscular column of flesh crowned with thorns . |
| 3 | The missions became deadly games of cat and mouse as they penetrated further into DEEP territory . |
| 4 | The majority of farm servants stayed only the one year with their master after the annual hiring , but they moved only into the service of other farmers drawing labour from the same hiring fair . |
| 5 | We began to tire of eating charred meat outside in the garden and , instead of the normal seasonal rise in pig prices , they moved sharply into reverse . |
| 6 | As they rose upwards into the damp air the site spread out before them on either side . |
| 7 | As they drew away into the darkness , Joshua Cohen stood and looked after them . |
| 8 | But as they drew deeper into the coppice , moving farther east all the while , she began to fear they would leave her entirely behind . |
| 9 | They charged straight into the hall , leaving muddy trails from their shoes all across the new sports hall floor and , using their bags as improvised seating , proceeded to sit down still wrapped in their coats . |
| 10 | Reluctantly they headed away into the darkness and made the rendezvous rather late , but luckily the patrol had waited for them . |
| 11 | They wandered slowly into the study and sat down . |
| 12 | They sank immediately into deep sleep . |
| 13 | ‘ Toff indeed , ’ they heard Biff mutter as they filed past into the mill . |
| 14 | ‘ Come and look at the fireplaces , ’ said William , and they filed dutifully into the room Tess had just come out of . |
| 15 | Then they exploded noisily into the air right in front of you , wheeled round in great , sweeping circles , crying their alarm calls , and settled again when you had passed . |
| 16 | Now Tess , ’ he said anxiously , as they drove away into the night , ‘ your heart belongs to me . |
| 17 | In a perverse way , losing their best player lifted the ‘ Stiffs ’ and they came more into the game , although Micky Deere and Terry Wade were both booked for negative play . |
| 18 | As they strolled deeper into the gardens she became aware that the Pantominteatret was by no means the only form of free entertainment , as their progress led them from one area of performance to another . |
| 19 | Creggan could not turn fast enough to catch them before they dropped untidily into the safety of the trees below . |
| 20 | The woman was a typical example , officers found , as they dug deeper into the secret life of Thomas Courtney . |
| 21 | They turned abruptly into the long gardens of the Inner Temple , fenced off from sightseers . |
| 22 | They walked downstairs into a big room . |
| 23 | Julia took up the assembled bridle and they walked outside into the early evening sun . |
| 24 | She was fleetingly reminded of Shildon insisting they walked singly into the newsroom so no one should know they had been talking together . |
| 25 | They walked briskly into the block of flats and took the lift to the eighth floor . |
| 26 | Joe Asnett looked up as they walked unsteadily into the small flagstone floored back room . |
| 27 | With a few words of explanation Sophie made the introduction and as they walked together into the house her godmother said , ‘ I 'm afraid I 've got some news which wo n't please you , but first of all I want to hear yours . ’ |
| 28 | Harry and Dr Losberne came running , and hearing what had happened , they rushed outside into the night and searched the garden and the fields around . |
| 29 | They stepped outside into the bright sunlight to carry on their conversation . |
| 30 | They stepped together into the school . |