Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] down into the water " in BNC.
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| 1 | From there they went darting across the boiling surface like a dragon-fly , skimming with the currents where the banks were swept too open and smooth to hold flotsam , swinging aside round the sergeant 's paddle in the marked spots ; round the shovel-shaped end of Eel Island , which had scooped up a full load of branches , twigs , uprooted grass , and even more curious trophies , but not what they were seeking ; a little way down the sluggish backwater beyond , until motion ceased in stagnant shallows , and still there was nothing ; out into the flood again , hopping back on to the current as on to a moving belt that whisked them away ; revolving out of the race again where the trees leaned down into the water at the curve by the Lacey farm , acting like a great , living grille to filter out debris ; clean across the width of the river at the next coil , to where the long , sandy shallow ran out and encircled a miniature beach . |
| 2 | Both arms plunged down into the water , but she was able to steady herself by pressing her hands on the stony bed . |
| 3 | It grows on the surface , and the roots hang down into the water , hopefully absorbing nutrients . |
| 4 | For a second the boat began to turn on its side , then the oars went down into the water and the boat came down the side of the wave . |
| 5 | The blackened roots reach down into the water itself , like the arms of a negro tickling trout . |