Example sentences of "[that] sloped down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For years we had been trying to lower and streamline the bonnets of front-engined cars and the mid-engined configuration allowed us to obtain an extremely low nose , deeply recessed between sculpted front wings that sloped down to the headlights , which were contained in a plexiglass fairing to continue the line . |
| 2 | Each house stood high on the hillside that sloped down to the lakeside road , with curling or zig-zagging driveways and thick modern stone walls . |
| 3 | As soon as she reached the open deer-park she ran , and she hardly paused until she came to the broad track that sloped down to the marsh , smiling and vivid green in the late afternoon sunshine . |
| 4 | She called again , moving out through the gate until she stood at the top of the lower garden that sloped down to the bay . |
| 5 | There , the forest was not so thick , and lay close to the bank that sloped down to the bogs by the riverside . |
| 6 | Then , turning to his right , he came to a stretch of well-trimmed lawn that sloped down to the river , the far bank of which was policed by a row of severely pollarded willow trees . |
| 7 | At Brooke Parker 's there were men reversing a lorry against the bed of concrete that sloped down from the top of Thorpe Street to the wide loading-doors . |