Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , that the acid test whether or not benefit is collateral is that laid down by Best J , namely " Is the covenant beneficial to the owner for the time being of the covenantee 's land , and to no one else ? " |
| 2 | It had backed up against the patio , completely concealing the ornate wall and steps that led down onto the gravelled walks . |
| 3 | I hurried down steep Flower Hill , a flowerless road of grey terraced houses and shops that led down to the bridge and the weir . |
| 4 | But there was hardly any left , only the long empty expanse from the last container to the door in the super-structure that led down to Nell . |
| 5 | Kit Hegarty moved swiftly around her large house in a quiet road that led down to the sea . |
| 6 | For at that moment , directly below the steps that led down to the Moebius Strip , the float of dummy Capellans was purring serenely by . |
| 7 | The boat house resembled a small chapel built into the sloping land that led down to the water 's edge , except that it was windowless and the bell in the tower no longer rang . |
| 8 | Eventually he was at the top of the slope that led down to the little towns of Streatley and Goring , separated , like their respective counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire , by the River Thames . |
| 9 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 10 | She blinked as they emerged into blinding brightness and searing heat , and paused to fumble for her sunglasses before they descended the broad flight of steps that led down to the canal . |
| 11 | Then we came to a smashed yellow stone façade and a doorway that led down into a cellar . |
| 12 | Would he , seventeen years afterwards , be able to rediscover the mouth of the hole that led down into the Goughdale Mine ? |
| 13 | There was nothing more interesting to be seen than if this had been the entrance to a rabbit warren , nothing but a tunnel that led down into darkness . |
| 14 | Werner was in his late forties with a short , stocky physique , thinning brown hair and a neatly trimmed russet moustache that tapered down over the corners of his mouth . |
| 15 | On the ground their scudding shadows dappled the hills , hills that tumbled down to the ragged but level line , where the uplands ended and the deep gorge-like valleys began . |
| 16 | All at once she became achingly aware of the thinness of the cotton shirt that skimmed down over her thighs , the way the deep V where she had left it unbuttoned at the neck gave glimpses of the top curve of her breasts , and she immediately backed away . |
| 17 | Lucy sat on the tiled floor of a shower cubicle in the bathroom of the most expensive-looking hotel suite that she 'd ever seen , hugging her knees , shivering despite the temperature of the water that beat down upon her . |
| 18 | But Rohmer had to know the answer to the questions that had fascinated and intrigued him for so long ; the questions that bore down on him with ever-increasing force during the drug-induced hallucinatory periods that were now so frequent in his life . |
| 19 | A heron scraiked below the steep slabs of stone that chuted down into the sea . |
| 20 | As Godoy claimed , the Tumult of Aranjuez was the work of seduced plebeians , a revolution that seeped down from above . |
| 21 | He wore a heavy cloak of dark cloth that came down to his ankles . |
| 22 | ( WES ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News … the round the world race that came down to the line . |
| 23 | Only the line of grim cages among whose bars whined the winter wind , and above them the great plane trees that bent across the sky , their leafless branches bending in the wind like twisted hands that came down towards him from the angry sky . |
| 24 | I was determined it was at the burn that came down by the distillery at the edge of the town . |
| 25 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 26 | The smells that came down from the higher ground might tell him something . |
| 27 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 28 | Observers held their breath as the former Derry City and Shelbourne star took to the pitch for his first game but the thunderous greeting that cascaded down from the Windsor stands proved it was unnecessary caution . |
| 29 | They turned into the bottom of High Hill , and began to ascend it , leaning forward against the incline , and against the rain that drove down upon the umbrella . |
| 30 | There was an ominous tightness to his mouth , a line of white fury , a threat in the dark eyes that burned down at her . |