Example sentences of "which [vb past] down [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rachaela left the house and went to the steps which led down to the beach . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ The front door ! ’ said Rose , mightily impressed , as they stood at the top of a flight of wide stone steps , flanked by funerary urns , which led down to the drive . |
| 4 | So they turned their footsteps in the direction of the dropshaft which led down to the Solitorium . |
| 5 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
| 6 | Beyond it fell a flight of stone steps which led down to the bank 's vault . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The sun was still hidden behind Spyglass Hill , which came down to the sea in dangerous cliffs on this side of the island . |
| 10 | Amaranth was wearing what appeared to be a blue-black overcoat with square shoulders , the skirts of which came down to the knee . |
| 11 | It was an enclave within the duchy lordship of Pickering , which came down to the coast at Filey Brigg in the south and at Scalby , just north of Scarborough , before continuing along the coast towards Whitby . |
| 12 | It was an enclave within the duchy lordship of Pickering , which came down to the coast at Filey Brigg in the south and at Scalby , just north of Scarborough , before continuing along the coast towards Whitby . |
| 13 | Ramapithecus was one of several primates , such as the baboons , which came down from the trees to develop terrestrial living . |
| 14 | He giggled girlishly , as if he were contemplating some impromptu lobotomies , and the beard , which flowed down over the steering wheel , rustled suggestively in the hollow socket of the speedometer . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Three great stone pots contained geraniums which trailed down to the walls beneath them , softening the stern appearance of the house . |
| 17 | The Redcar offshore lifeboat was called to the aid of a fishing vessel which broke down off the coast yesterday . |
| 18 | Now he is hoping his speech which slowed down by the coma will quicken up . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She also suffered injuries to the left side of her chest and a laceration over the eye which went down to the bone . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Miranda lay half asleep on a sofa in front of her sitting-room window , which looked down on the Place de la République ; from there , the road led to the distant perfume factory which Miranda wanted to buy . |
| 23 | The sun flooded the ward , painting a red halo round Marek 's head and throwing Dexter 's face , which looked down at the floor disconsolately , into purple shadow . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Traffic grew closer and trees sparser until she entered a glade which ran down to the road . |
| 28 | There was a market down the centre , the stalls facing out , but the air and ground were polluted with the blood , dirt and ordure which ran down from the shambles where the animals were slaughtered and the gore allowed to find its own channel . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |