Example sentences of "lead down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short ladder pitch from one of the ventilation shafts led down into the level . |
| 2 | And if national sentiment in the other , France , was initially a response to the threat from England , just as it was in Scotland , there was no doubt of France 's position by the end of the fifteenth century ; the dazzling army and glittering artillery train which Charles VIII led down through the length of Italy in 1494 — for no good reason other than that a young king , with a well-stuffed treasury , would naturally use his wealth to win military renown — symbolized in the most spectacular manner what this kingdom , so recently weakened by war and internal dissension , had now become . |
| 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 | Kit Hegarty moved swiftly around her large house in a quiet road that led down to the sea . |
| 5 | The boat house resembled a small chapel built into the sloping land that led down to the water 's edge , except that it was windowless and the bell in the tower no longer rang . |
| 6 | From the square in front of the hotel , an avenue led down to the Corniche where people strolled arm iii arm along the Nile . |
| 7 | Rachaela left the house and went to the steps which led down to the beach . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Turning her back on the sunset , she crossed the yard to where a track , wide enough to take a vehicle , led down to the river . |
| 10 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 11 | A short flight of stone steps led down to the entrance . |
| 12 | Beyond it fell a flight of stone steps which led down to the bank 's vault . |
| 13 | She blinked as they emerged into blinding brightness and searing heat , and paused to fumble for her sunglasses before they descended the broad flight of steps that led down to the canal . |
| 14 | I hurried down steep Flower Hill , a flowerless road of grey terraced houses and shops that led down to the bridge and the weir . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | So they turned their footsteps in the direction of the dropshaft which led down to the Solitorium . |
| 17 | This gave him a view up one of the sidestreets which led down to the corner of the square . |
| 18 | The parade I had to lead down from the station to the beat was much longer on nights . |
| 19 | She had reached the pier now , and , still fighting against the wind , made for the flight of iron steps leading down to the beach . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Set in tropical gardens leading down to the beach , the Nyali Beach is one of Kenya 's best known hotels . |
| 22 | There was a gate in the wall that overlooked the seashore — the wall where she and Guido had stood last night — with a flight of stone steps leading down to the beach . |
| 23 | The entrance from the road is in the top floor , with all the rooms and public areas on lower levels leading down to the lakeside . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Others flow into a stone tank or pond , or have a brick well-housing , with steps leading down to the water . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The town itself has a pedestrian centre with quaint narrow streets leading down to the lake front . |
| 28 | Then , staring across the moonlit yard , she saw his tall figure standing at the top of the slope leading down to the river . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It 's set in its own park with beautiful rolling gardens leading down to the road which separates the hotel from its own private beach , yet is only a few minutes from the centre . |