Example sentences of "[noun pl] which [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Three great stone pots contained geraniums which trailed down to the walls beneath them , softening the stern appearance of the house . |
| 8 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |