Example sentences of "steps [verb] down [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main entrance was on a small , dusty square grandly named Campo San Pietro , while , at the rear , steps led down to a canal and a private landing-stage for the guests arriving by water-taxi . |
| 2 | A short flight of stone steps led down to the entrance . |
| 3 | Potted shrubs of sombre green flanked a flight of broad , shallow rockfoam steps leading down to a doorway covered by thick curtains of the darkest purple . |
| 4 | Others flow into a stone tank or pond , or have a brick well-housing , with steps leading down to the water . |
| 5 | She had reached the pier now , and , still fighting against the wind , made for the flight of iron steps leading down to the beach . |
| 6 | There was a gate in the wall that overlooked the seashore — the wall where she and Guido had stood last night — with a flight of stone steps leading down to the beach . |
| 7 | The Doctor looked back from the short flight of steps leading down to the entry hall , and watched the TARDIS dematerialize with a feeling of pain at seeing his ship go without him . |
| 8 | The slight figure of a woman emerged from the hotel and stood on the steps leading down to the terrace , scanning the tables with anxious eyes and making agitated , jerky movements with her hands . |
| 9 | Seen from the rear , the house was exactly as she had described it , square and imposing with a flight of elegant stone steps leading down onto the grass . |
| 10 | There 's an underground thing — you know , steps going down to a station , so I go down there and wander around for a bit . |
| 11 | ‘ We decided to build a balcony with steps going down to the garden , but our builder advised us to think about the year-round advantages of a conservatory , ’ Claudia explained . |
| 12 | There were some steps going down to the foreshore near a riverside pub . |
| 13 | The sea wall ended , steps going down from the promenade and burying themselves in sand . |
| 14 | And there are steps going down from the drawing room , and up from the dining room . |
| 15 | Moving away from the terrace , broad steps drop down past a rose and herb bed edged with low growing box to the first lawn level , which would make an ideal play area . |