Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So they turned their footsteps in the direction of the dropshaft which led down to the Solitorium . |
| 6 | Beyond it fell a flight of stone steps which led down to the bank 's vault . |
| 7 | Rachaela left the house and went to the steps which led down to the beach . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 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 | The sun was still hidden behind Spyglass Hill , which came down to the sea in dangerous cliffs on this side of the island . |
| 13 | Amaranth was wearing what appeared to be a blue-black overcoat with square shoulders , the skirts of which came down to the knee . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Ramapithecus was one of several primates , such as the baboons , which came down from the trees to develop terrestrial living . |
| 16 | Stepping back , Curtis waited till the racking coughing fit ended in a sudden gush of bright red blood , which spilled down over the dying killer 's slack lower jaw . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Three great stone pots contained geraniums which trailed down to the walls beneath them , softening the stern appearance of the house . |
| 20 | The Redcar offshore lifeboat was called to the aid of a fishing vessel which broke down off the coast yesterday . |
| 21 | Now he is hoping his speech which slowed down by the coma will quicken up . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She also suffered injuries to the left side of her chest and a laceration over the eye which went down to the bone . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The trees , two white and one pink , were an extravaganza of blossom which floated down onto the chequered tablecloths . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |