Example sentences of "[conj] plunge into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor will you have to be running marathons or plunging into the swimming pool every day in order to maintain a reasonable level of exercise to speed weight loss and keep metabolic rate high . |
| 2 | Jay stripped her clothes off and plunged into the sea , still smiling ! |
| 3 | She ran frantically back , splashing through the scummy water , stumbling , not caring how much noise she made , and plunged into the darkness of the right-hand tunnel , feeling her way along the walls . |
| 4 | With a choked little cry he jumped backwards , turned and plunged into the unseen , gripping the banister and screwing his eyes tightly closed as he ran . |
| 5 | Had the plane been recalled on account of bad weather and plunged into the sea ? |
| 6 | After her abortive attempt to break into journalism , she had gone down to the beach , flung off her dress , and plunged into the water at Backyards . |
| 7 | In bright sunshine and intense heat the Dutch Guards , ten abreast , led by their massed drums , deployed out of a narrow valley between the hills and plunged into the river , to wade across , sometimes up to their necks in water , under heavy fire , emerging with ardour undimmed , to storm the enemy breastworks . |
| 8 | A snorting and savage beast , it promptly ate all Mother Leeds other children and plunged into the New Jersey forest , from whence it emerged regularly to tear clothes hanging out to dry , and trample vegetable gardens . |
| 9 | The lorry smashed through a brick wall and plunged into the fast-flowing canal , landing on its side . |
| 10 | She went through the house door leading into the garage , seized a rake and plunged into the cold wind . |
| 11 | The driver of the 10pm LMS passenger and mail train seemingly overran a home signal at danger and plunged into the rear of the 9.15pm Oxley sidings to Bristol GWR fitted goods before finally colliding with another freight , the 4.45 Westerleigh to Gloucester empties , that was passing on the opposite line . |
| 12 | He sprinted along the bank and plunged into the freezing chest-deep water as the 15-month-old boy floated quickly away , face down . |
| 13 | Gaby was in an eight-girl crew taking part in a raft race near Southsea , Hampshire , when she lost her balance and plunged into the sea . |
| 14 | He and another man abandoned the caravan and plunged into the 15ft River Ouse in Selby , Yorks , when they spotted police chasing them . |
| 15 | Returning even faster to get his average over 300 m.p.h. , Campbell 's fears were confirmed : at this speed the bow lifted , and the boat somersaulted and plunged into the lake . |
| 16 | With a swiftness prompted by desperation she weaved a path through the crowds of guests and plunged into the relative quiet of the old house . |
| 17 | Thunder flashes , Roman candles and other pyrotechnics would enliven its passage until , a spinning hoop of flame , it launched itself over the cliff , described a brief trajectory and plunged into the sea , never to be seen again . |
| 18 | Instinctively they had again swung left and plunged into the familiar shelter of the woods . |
| 19 | Delighted by Amaranth 's success , Charles Harvey ran down two flights of stairs and plunged into the press room behind the platform . |
| 20 | He did not have time to check his mirrors for police cars as he passed All Hallows-on-the-Wall and plunged into the long straight canyon of London Wall . |
| 21 | Branches cracked from trees and plunged into the turbulent waters behind Tallis , who clutched her cloak and cowl , holding them tightly against the tearing wind . |
| 22 | Despite his sleepless night , de Castelnau at once went on to the Right Bank and plunged into the work of re-animating the defence . |
| 23 | Mr Major emerges from the bus and plunges into the crowd shaking hands . |
| 24 | MEANWHILE , if you 're not actually strangling a turkey at the moment then you might like to do the next worse thing and plunge into the unsavoury giblets of the 1990 calendar of the National Association of Conservative Graduates . |
| 25 | Will German think-tanks ever go the way of some of their English-speaking counterparts , and plunge into the deep waters of ideology ? |
| 26 | Only a very large body , weighing about 100 tons or more , will retain its cosmic velocity and plunge into the Earth with explosive force . |
| 27 | Indeed , we see little of their grandeur from the line itself as we cross the Wharncliffe Viaduct on the Great Western Railway , or the beautiful bridge over the Thames at Maidenhead , and plunge into the Classical-Renaissance portal of Box Tunnel ; or as we traverse the great Tring cutting on the old London and North Western . |
| 28 | Most terns resemble graceful small gulls , with longer wings , deeply forked tail , and thinner , more pointed bills , often carried almost vertically downwards in their buoyant flight , as they hover and plunge into the water after their small fish prey . |
| 29 | The valley is famous for the awe inspiring Trummelbach Falls , a total of seven waterfalls tumbling and plunging into the mountain . |
| 30 | An empty drink tube rolled between their feet as the jitney wheeled into motion , whisking them away from the cargo concourse and plunging into the tunnels of Plenty . |