Example sentences of "[Wh det] ran down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M. Grimaud showed Frederica how , by building a slate dam here , releasing a little stone floodgate there , he diverted the clear water into its summer channel , a stone-lined gully which ran down beside the house and along its front wall , passing under slabstone doorsteps . |
| 2 | Traffic grew closer and trees sparser until she entered a glade which ran down to the road . |
| 3 | A woman in a heavy coat , head-scarf and fur-lined boots stood patiently holding a string which ran down through a circular hole in the ice . |
| 4 | I thought the fellow meant the bailey but he took us out into a garden which ran down towards a small river . |
| 5 | For a while the man stood muttering and cursing as he clanked his heavy ring of keys , but at last he found the right one and they stepped on to the moonlit track which ran down like a strip of silver through the overhanging trees . |
| 6 | The car drew to a halt by a green sward of carefully tended lawn which ran down from an impressive-looking office building towards the river . |
| 7 | There was a market down the centre , the stalls facing out , but the air and ground were polluted with the blood , dirt and ordure which ran down from the shambles where the animals were slaughtered and the gore allowed to find its own channel . |