Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh det] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Beyond it fell a flight of stone steps which led down to the bank 's vault . |
2 | Rachaela left the house and went to the steps which led down to the beach . |
3 | Rousing herself , she glanced at the huge diamond solitaire on her left hand as if for reassurance , before picking up her luggage and heading for the steps which led down to the landing-stage and the vaporetti . |
4 | M. Grimaud showed Frederica how , by building a slate dam here , releasing a little stone floodgate there , he diverted the clear water into its summer channel , a stone-lined gully which ran down beside the house and along its front wall , passing under slabstone doorsteps . |
5 | A big cat that has only recently gone extinct is the sabre-tooth ( " tiger " ) , named after its colossal canine teeth which jutted down from the upper jaw in the front of what must have been a terrifying gape . |
6 | Caught by the breeze , the lower edge flipped back to reveal a tautly muscled belly covered with fine dark hair which arrowed down beneath the waistband of his close-fitting denim shorts . |
7 | Tamar turned along the track which led away from the village and the harvest fields , choosing instead the path through the thick woods which stretched down to the river bank . |
8 | A thick hedge shielded her from the field which swept down towards the foot of the embankment . |
9 | The privy was crude , a small recess in the wall with a latrine seat , just under a tiny , open , oval-shaped window which looked down over the green . |
10 | She also suffered injuries to the left side of her chest and a laceration over the eye which went down to the bone . |
11 | The Redcar offshore lifeboat was called to the aid of a fishing vessel which broke down off the coast yesterday . |
12 | Traffic grew closer and trees sparser until she entered a glade which ran down to the road . |
13 | The club was the victim of dissension at the top which permeated down to the players and sapped their confidence : the familiar malaise among clubs under the old style of management . |
14 | The later development of the hierarchy , a development which continued down to the eighteenth century , was essentially no more than an elaboration of the basic principles set out in the Kanunname . |
15 | I spent a lot of time discovering and browsing through the bookshops , and then reading on the lawns which led down to the river Cam from the backs of the colleges . |
16 | Three great stone pots contained geraniums which trailed down to the walls beneath them , softening the stern appearance of the house . |
17 | The trees , two white and one pink , were an extravaganza of blossom which floated down onto the chequered tablecloths . |
18 | So Lewis drove down to the bottom of South Parks Road , where he was ushered through into the University Parks by a policeman on duty at the entrance to the single-track road which led down to the bathing area . |
19 | It would probably be dangerous to underestimate the amount of information which percolated down to the classes which were not themselves involved in government , and it is likely that echoes of the political crises of the 1370s , notably the events of the Good Parliament of 1376 ( ch.16 ) , were heard in the countryside . |
20 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
21 | As vicar , the Rev W H Dale Chapman owned a piece of land which went down to the lake but , when he began to plan such a service , the idea came to him to follow the example of Christ and preach from a boat . |
22 | Although Viking was lying quietly enough at the moment we could tell by the sudden gusts which hissed down from the high southern cliff that it was blowing quite hard on the weather side . |
23 | The Rifleman brushed aside their questions , going instead to the main staircase which led down into the brightly lit chaos of the entrance hall where a throng of officers demanded their horses or carriages . |
24 | The sky was heavy with rain-filled clouds which pressed down on the dome of St Paul 's as if to deflate it , and the wharves and warehouses bordering the river cowered like black giants in the smoky gloom . |
25 | Now he is hoping his speech which slowed down by the coma will quicken up . |
26 | Following the varying inclinations of the vein the kibble , during winding , thudded from side to side , skidding on the wet planking where the shaft sloped … often shedding part of its load which rattled down to the bottom or lodged dangerously amongst timbering . |
27 | So they turned their footsteps in the direction of the dropshaft which led down to the Solitorium . |