Example sentences of "which [vb past] down [prep] [art] " 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 | There was a trap-door in the centre of the kitchen floor , which led down to a deep cellar . |
| 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 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So they turned their footsteps in the direction of the dropshaft which led down to the Solitorium . |
| 7 | Beyond it fell a flight of stone steps which led down to the bank 's vault . |
| 8 | Rachaela left the house and went to the steps which led down to the beach . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 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 | The sun was still hidden behind Spyglass Hill , which came down to the sea in dangerous cliffs on this side of the island . |
| 14 | Amaranth was wearing what appeared to be a blue-black overcoat with square shoulders , the skirts of which came down to the knee . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Ramapithecus was one of several primates , such as the baboons , which came down from the trees to develop terrestrial living . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Three great stone pots contained geraniums which trailed down to the walls beneath them , softening the stern appearance of the house . |
| 21 | The Redcar offshore lifeboat was called to the aid of a fishing vessel which broke down off the coast yesterday . |
| 22 | Now he is hoping his speech which slowed down by the coma will quicken up . |
| 23 | was one which they which fell down with a crash . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She also suffered injuries to the left side of her chest and a laceration over the eye which went down to the bone . |
| 26 | He then attacked a third which went down in a vertical dive , apparently into the sea . |
| 27 | Fiery gold and orange trees shed leaves which drifted down before a bright blue sky . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |