Example sentences of "she [verb] down into " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got down into the hall . |
| 2 | She peered down into the water but was aware only of her own reflection and that of the branches of the beech trees . |
| 3 | Lifting it , she peered down into the blackness below , feeling the first rung of a rickety ladder as she dangled her foot into the yawning gap . |
| 4 | She sank down into a chair and watched as Craig knelt before the fire , building it back into a glowing warmth . |
| 5 | When the carriage was out of sight , she sank down into a chair and put her hands over her face . |
| 6 | She sank down into the smooth embrace of the sheets , at peace . |
| 7 | Gaining the peaceful emptiness of her mother 's large sitting-room , with its windows overlooking the spectacular view over the water to Fort St Angelo , she sank down into one of the green chintz sofas and took stock of herself . |
| 8 | Our beamy Bénéteau made a lot of noise as she slammed down into the troughs before climbing the next steep wave . |
| 9 | She climbed down into the dark . |
| 10 | When I went the receptionist was just leaving and she walked down into the town with me . |
| 11 | She knew the Spanish liking for these little snacks and she stepped down into the street , a little surprised to find herself the focus of several pairs of eyes . |
| 12 | Galvanised into action by the very idea , she rose abruptly to her feet , striving to keep her expression impassive as she glanced down into Candy 's surprised eyes . |
| 13 | At that point , she broke down into laughter ; low , wild laughter , that could be heard in the rooms above . |
| 14 | All of a sudden , she whined something about me not knowing what I had done and she broke down into tears . |
| 15 | and she sinks down into her incontinence . |
| 16 | Somehow she scrambled down into the hollow and landed on her knees by Fand . |
| 17 | As she settled down into the squashy leather upholstery of the nest-like sofa she listened with half an ear to the voices on the tape , each caller seemingly convinced that disaster would intervene if Luke did n't call them back immediately . |
| 18 | She stared down into her drink . |
| 19 | Wrenching her gaze from his still face , she stared down into her cup . |
| 20 | She stared down into her sherry glass , a confusion of warmth mounting inside her . |
| 21 | She stared down into her glass . |
| 22 | When she looked down into the channel with Gazzer and saw Simon , water swilling round his waist , she could hardly believe that she was responsible . |
| 23 | She looked down into his little near-sighted eyes , full of tears behind the thick lenses . |
| 24 | She looked down into her mother 's eyes and read the pain and fear in them . |
| 25 | Gripping the bannister , she looked down into the hall and saw him standing with his back to the door , looking about him as though wondering if he would find her there . |
| 26 | As she looked down into that face on which all tears had long since dried , Louisa had the deranging sensation that she was in the presence of a dying woman . |
| 27 | She looked down into her drink and answered evasively , ‘ I suppose I could have gone back to Darlington , but I preferred to stay down here . ’ |
| 28 | She looked down into her beer . |
| 29 | Not realising how clearly she could be seen against the light , she looked down into the courtyard . |
| 30 | She looked down into his face with its hard dark lines . |