Example sentences of "which ran [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was going to spend the show hissing and flinging himself across the scaffolding arch which ran up the sides and across the top of the stage , and from which monkeys dangled , taunting Baloo the bear , who could n't climb and groaned a lot . |
| 2 | Our hut was on the far side of the Waaf site and well screened by hedges and trees from the road which ran up the hill through the camp . |
| 3 | He examined it closer , and it was only then he noticed the faint crack which ran between the edges of the tiles . |
| 4 | The horse , trained to keep calm , hardly moved , but the schoolgirl shrieked in terror and let go of her pram , which ran into the column of marchers ; it hit the man standing next to Clare , who stumbled heavily against her , knocking her sideways . |
| 5 | They followed a maze of alleyways which ran to the north of the city down to Holborn . |
| 6 | She had entered the world in the January of what would prove to be a notorious year down in Stepney : a series of brutal murders was to take place on Ratcliff Highway , a major road which ran to the south of Well Close Square and right past St George 's church itself . |
| 7 | The company will go on the road next Monday , 22 March , with the highly-praised production of ‘ Great Expectations ’ , which ran at the theatre during February . |
| 8 | He showed keen interest in machinery from his early days and made ship and engine models , including a charcoal-fired model locomotive which ran at the Leeds exhibition in 1838 . |
| 9 | In fact , there were electronic publishing systems around long before the Macintosh ever appeared and the first ‘ desktop publishing ’ package , at least in the terms we understand today , was DO-IT by Studio Software which ran on the PC . |
| 10 | Corbett slipped and tripped as he was pushed down a flight of steep narrow steps which ran under the keep . |
| 11 | A few paces ahead , on my left , was a five-barred gate — access to a paddock which ran along the back walls of some cottages , ending in the grounds of a large house . |
| 12 | Athelstan sat down on a stool and gestured to a bench which ran along the wall . |
| 13 | Ducking low , their two dark figures sped across the intervening grass at a crouching run , heading for the belt of shrubbery which ran along the south side of the big house . |
| 14 | They came to the track which ran along the spine of the ridge . |
| 15 | The train had a piston which ran along the tube and a stationary steam engine pumped air out of the tube to suck the train forward . |
| 16 | Fortunately for the players , only accredited golfing journalists were allowed to encroach on the fairways and everyone else was kept firmly behind the ropes and barriers which ran along the perimeter of each hole . |
| 17 | ‘ Aye , ’ Athelstan replied , gently guiding Philomel away from the snow-covered sewer which ran down the middle of the street . |
| 18 | Slowly he hung his trousers on a hanger , which he placed on the communal rail which ran through the dressing room . |
| 19 | Once during rectification of a fault his team located the problem as being due to broken wires in a cable loom which ran through the communications tunnel . |
| 20 | ‘ Melin ’ is Welsh for ‘ mill ’ , and the Meloch was the river which ran through the property , from which the diversion from the weir through the millpond , under the road and out into the famous River Dee would supply our needs . |
| 21 | Other winners of the circuit , which ran through the summer and which culminated at Woodford Wells in October , were Natasha Giles and Greg Saffrey ( both 21 and under ) , Martin Calver ( 16 and under ) , Tilly Callow and Jeremiah Brindle ( 12 and under ) . |
| 22 | When they reached the road which ran across the top of the village , the groom drew level and , with a nod of his head , indicated that they should take the righthand way which led to the river bridge . |
| 23 | We also had a modern electric one which ran off the mains and which was known as ‘ The Pay Cooker ’ , whose use was frowned upon except in cases of drought and when Nigel was making bread , for which the free oven did n't , to be honest , get quite hot enough . |
| 24 | The noise intensified as the locomotive erupted between two large buildings , set some distance apart , beyond the tree-lined road which ran past the school . |
| 25 | She often dawdled along the Walks and strolled on the banks of the river , which ran past the rear of the Manor . |
| 26 | The four set off along Brunel Road , following the tunnel wall until they passed the Labour Exchange then they veered left and picked up the road which ran alongside the river . |
| 27 | As he stood politely on the doorstep seeing her away , Bunny Chaloner cycled out of the lane which ran alongside the orchard and led to the stables . |
| 28 | Some 350 articles of equipment were carried in the 12 heavy tools vans which ran in the trains containing the steam cranes , and some of this equipment was so heavy as to need the use of demountable jib gallows with a frame at each double door to get it in and out of the van . |
| 29 | The trolleybuses were replaced by two motor bus routes , 154 and 157 , which ran from the Crystal Palace beyond Sutton to Morden and 157 continued to Raynes Park . |
| 30 | Surgeons had to put 123 stitches in the victim 's wound , which ran from the top of his face down to his mouth , Paisley Sheriff Court was told . |