Example sentences of "lawn [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No … ’ she whispered tremulously as he marched across the sand towards the dark lawns leading up to the cottage .
2 Situated on Beruwela Beach , the Neptune is a comfortable hotel set in a palm grove with lawns leading down to the sea .
3 Chamoun 's own home was here , a graceful , red-roofed villa whose tennis courts and lawns ran down to the Mediterranean .
4 A wooden gate at the side of the house led to a neatly tended garden at the back , the lawn sloping down to the river , with a path of paving stones laid along the middle , ending on the edge of the waters at what looked like a small landing-stage , perhaps once used to moor a small boat or punt , but apparently ( as Lewis shone his torch across it ) not in recent use .
5 At the back of the house , a square lawn slopes down to a vegetable plot .
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