Example sentences of "[noun sg] leading down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made fast the rope round Trent 's neck to the handhold beside the companionway leading down to the head in the port hull . |
| 2 | Shortly after this point the road becomes little more than a bridle path or cart track which , however , provides an intriguing pass-walk of about 4 hours duration over the Pragel Pass to Richisau 's alpine pasture leading down to the beautiful Klontal valley in the canton of Glarus . |
| 3 | The wedge of light lying on the open stairway leading down from the hatch fanned out and a voice draped in icicles called : |
| 4 | A woman pulls a boy child by his little hand toward the escalator leading down to the Piccadilly Line . |
| 5 | The lift leading down to the diving area was only twenty feet away . |
| 6 | The Courtlands Hotel is situated in a wide tree-lined avenue leading down to the seafront approximately 500 yards away . |
| 7 | Span wire construction of the overhead suspension was used throughout ( except in Oak Grove leading down to the depôt ) . |
| 8 | He would have gone straight home but made a short diversion when he found Pike the ditcher drunk as a bishop on the corner of the trackway leading down to the church . |
| 9 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 10 | Each one seizing his or her bundle of wraps and nearly tumbling over each other on the narrow stair leading down to the cabin deck . |
| 11 | The Doctor ordered Howard to stop the car at the top of the road leading down into the city , weighing up the risks of being attacked by one side or the other . |
| 12 | The railway line , the dual-carriageway bridging over it to a roundabout , the minor road leading down to the railway sidings of the industrial estate , are particularly distinctive . |
| 13 | It was reported that the iron bar erected at the Lanark Road end of the road leading down to the site had been removed . |
| 14 | Behind him , along the road leading down to the town , he could see lights start to glow as home fires were kindled against the cold night . |
| 15 | The greatest single natural attraction of Durness , however , and visited by all who stay or halt there , is the famous Smoo Cave , quickly reached from the road by a much-trodden path leading down to the beach . |
| 16 | In the distance Alyssia could see the flat blue sea , and at the far side the path leading down to the cove . |
| 17 | He knew the feel of every cold stone step on the wide staircase leading down to the main hall . |
| 18 | Then , staring across the moonlit yard , she saw his tall figure standing at the top of the slope leading down to the river . |
| 19 | The melting snow dripped mournfully from the trees and the slope leading down from the moor was a mass of little rivulets , cascading down to run into Hodge Beck . |
| 20 | ‘ Some of us could try the woods on either side of the track leading down to the road — away from the belvedere . ’ |
| 21 | Courses have been run continually since 1812 in this part of the Academy , and with its impressive frontage , parade square and greensward leading down to the lake , it dominates the grounds . |