Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men on the fence had disappeared back into the trees . |
| 2 | Every bird in the wood seemed to fly up into the air . |
| 3 | I never did believe that , as the coroner seemed to think , because of one of her mental lapses Grandma had gone out into the garden in her nightie and just fallen into the stream by mistake . |
| 4 | The lake of liquid peat had burst through into the workings beneath it and was deluging into the colliery . |
| 5 | As the rain continued to pelt down into the Sunday , Fijian confidence hit hew highs as they went in search of a record third successive title . |
| 6 | A pasty white blob seemed to float out into the darkness , and then the laser brilliance of a pencil flash in the hand below it . |
| 7 | The cripple turned to make off into the undergrowth and as he did so there was a twang from Marian 's bow and one of his crutches spun from under him and he was down one-sidedly . |
| 8 | Colour began to come back into the young woman 's cheeks . |
| 9 | The image of the policeman had faded back into the trees , the fear of pursuit was momentarily forgotten as he relived the saga of his escape . |
| 10 | The Marshal had wandered through into the dining-room where lined foolscap and a box of pens and pencils lying between a pair of silver candlesticks suggested that the oak table was used for homework rather than for dining . |
| 11 | She looked back towards the fig tree and saw that the toad had lumbered off into the tangled garden , perhaps to rejoin its tormentor . |
| 12 | Word had quickly got round that at the Marne , in contrast to the generals of the Plaza-Toro breed , who led attacks from the various Chateaux of France , Pétain had moved up into the front line when the infantry quailed under the German shells . |
| 13 | Hugh asked after his father-in-law had wandered off into the shadows at the end of the terrace and they heard his stick tapping along the stone floors . |
| 14 | The crowd of women and the big man had gone out into the street , but the thin man remained ; and he looked from the child towards the closed door before he , too , turned and went out . |
| 15 | All the floorboards had been removed , and the ceilings and plasterwork had crashed down into the basement with the weight of water pouring through the roof . |
| 16 | She knew nothing about him beyond the fact that he was immensely wealthy , the owner of the London-based Silver Star Navigation who for some strange reason had branched out into the fashion industry . |
| 17 | The barbarian had vaulted down into the heather and had drawn the black sword , Kring . |
| 18 | The dark green sun umbrella above them threw shadows across Guy 's face , but she realised that the teasing gleam had crept back into the narrowed gaze . |
| 19 | In early 1988 is seemed as if the conflicts of the Middle East had spilled over into the strange world of British fascism . |
| 20 | We were made welcome by the teachers , provided with a floor to sleep on , and within an hour had set off into the forest to look for wild cocoa . |
| 21 | There had been a heaviness in the air on the Robemaker 's approach those other times ; a cold , greasy feel , as if thick , oily fog had swirled out into the clean air . |
| 22 | And , as the big metal bird had lifted up into the sky , two heavy hands had taken her by the shoulders . |
| 23 | None of the people who worked at the hotel could explain how the shoe had got back into the room . |