Example sentences of "runs down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The river that makes the falls runs down towards us , hitting the cleft at right-angles. first there is a series of rapids where beautiful mists of water hang above white horses that gallop over rocks , then the water disappears into the cleft . |
| 2 | The chain for ringing the bell runs down the house , through the first floor landing , where it can be pulled if desired , to the hall below . |
| 3 | The Nailsworth Stream is joined by a number of tributaries en route , one being the stream that runs down the Horsley valley . |
| 4 | Here the now extensive Lightpill Mill site stands at the confluence of the Nailsworth Stream with a smaller one that runs down from Rodborough Hill . |
| 5 | At the Foxhall Hotel , a single track leaves the Promenade line and runs down the centre of the narrow Princess Street , turning into Blundell Street , Here until 1982 stood the original tram depot , as rebuilt in 1898 for the conversion of the system to overhead line . |
| 6 | A private garden for the use of hotel patrons runs down the water 's edge and there is a wonderful view of the Sea of Moyle stretching beyond to the shores of Scotland and the Western Isles which can be seen on clear days . |
| 7 | ‘ Though we knew by the place where he had fallen that it must have been at the very summit just as the path runs down the cliff to Kinghorn Manor . ’ |
| 8 | One of the latest inmates noted ruefully , ‘ Too much water runs down the ceiling and walls , instead of the usual way , through the water pipes . ’ |
| 9 | At the junction of these rock types , springs form and the water runs down ravines to the sea unless diverted into levadas ( drainage channels ) . |
| 10 | Accelerating up to Mach I.8 , he took the Foxbat over the Mongolian border and began the first of his two runs down the Sinkiang-Uighur plateau . |
| 11 | with the 2,400hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800 two-row radial engine , oozing power , the Corsair runs down North Weald 's runway during Fighter Meet . |
| 12 | There is some superb coastal walking — the Cleveland Way joins the coast at Saltburn and runs down to Filey — which takes in some of the most dramatic cliffs in Britain . |
| 13 | The teeth are specially grooved so that when the lizard bites , the venom runs down the outside of the teeth into the wound . |
| 14 | An open clay channel runs down one side of the labyrinthine staircase . |
| 15 | If you use the printer a lot , you 'll find the battery runs down rapidly . |
| 16 | It is only a five minute walk to Taormina 's historic town centre and the cable-car which runs down to the beach below . |
| 17 | They were so round and plump and enticing — with the neat seam that runs down the centre of each delightful fruit and that warm glow and slight pinkish blush — it was all too tempting . |
| 18 | The ‘ cheekbone ’ , which runs down from just behind the eye , is cut back so that it will finish up barely in proud of the surface . |
| 19 | When a drifting particle of food touches an arm , tube feet fasten on to it and pass it on from one to another until it reaches the gutter that runs down the upper surface of the arm to the mouth at the centre . |
| 20 | When the creature contracts them rhythmically , a series of waves runs down its body . |
| 21 | An hour runs down a gutter into a drain . |
| 22 | here so if you get a a heavy cold , some of this gunge that runs down the back of your throat gets into this tube and |
| 23 | I feel cold though the sweat runs down my back . |
| 24 | The lumps are heavy but I drove myself till my arms cried out and the sweat runs down my back . |
| 25 | He likes the days when nothing seems to happen , and rain runs down the windows , and through somebody else 's windows on the other side of the airwell you can see girls with piles of lacquered hair laughing and making sudden small self-conscious movements , as they flirt with young men in Italian-cut suits , silent behind the layers of glass . |
| 26 | A small river runs into th sea at one side , but on the other there is a large expanse of grassland which runs down from the walls almost to the sea . |
| 27 | A long pewter-topped bar runs down the room . |
| 28 | It began life , probably in the Severan period , resembling a winged-corridor villa , which had been terraced into the slope which runs down to the river ; it contained several heated rooms in the west wing and a water tank , possibly fed by local collection , in the front courtyard Later additions and alterations greatly improved and enlarged the building ; an ornamental fountain behind the house , from which came the famous Corbridge lion , was now linked to the aqueduct . |
| 29 | Lorenzo Mancarelli hears the alarm and runs down to the road . |
| 30 | A hairline crack runs down through the middle of the glass . |