Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A thick hedge shielded her from the field which swept down towards the foot of the embankment . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She also suffered injuries to the left side of her chest and a laceration over the eye which went down to the bone . |
| 6 | The Redcar offshore lifeboat was called to the aid of a fishing vessel which broke down off the coast yesterday . |
| 7 | Traffic grew closer and trees sparser until she entered a glade which ran down to the road . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The trees , two white and one pink , were an extravaganza of blossom which floated down onto the chequered tablecloths . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Now he is hoping his speech which slowed down by the coma will quicken up . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | So they turned their footsteps in the direction of the dropshaft which led down to the Solitorium . |