Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb base] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Krakatoa is merely the first of a whole chain of active volcanoes which arc down through the Indonesian islands and round the Pacific to form what geologists call the Ring of Fire . |
| 2 | This is the area between the southern edge of the shopping area and the top of the bluffs which run down to the river . |
| 3 | We drove up one of the steep hills which look down on the city and are encircled by walls and bastions ( built by the great sixteenth-century architect Michele Sanmichele ) to the house where I was going to live . |
| 4 | There are three windows on the side of the house , which look down onto a small courtyard . |
| 5 | The sites they choose for nesting are the steep-sided inland gorges and cliffs formed by the rivers which rush down to the sea from the great ice-caps . |
| 6 | We both reach the slanting , stepped strata which dip down round the summit , and above us , suddenly , came a lightening ; an orange disc , a blueness , a sudden bursting through and resolution of mountain form , a drama of cloudfall , a flotilla of peaks afloat on the vaporous sea . |
| 7 | Finally , the beer is piped into barrels which go down to the cellars for storage before delivery . |
| 8 | Under the wings are two man-sized ( 9.15 square feet each ) split flaps , which swing down to a significant drag-producing sixty degrees . |
| 9 | Sessile oaks have leaves which narrow down to a longish stalk , while the acorns , which should be appearing about now , are almost stalkless on their twigs — sessile means without a stalk . |
| 10 | Even along the coast in the marvellous new holiday centres , you will appreciate the deep blue seas and surprisingly uncrowded beaches , and wonder at the mountains and fragrant , herb-scented woods which tumble down to the shore . |