Example sentences of "[Wh det] ran parallel [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Its form was dictated by the tightness of the site between Flinders Street and the river , which necessitated stringing out the narrow building along the full length of platforms which ran parallel to the river behind .
2 They would lie up the following day along the rocky escarpment which ran parallel to the coastal plain to observe their targets , the airfields at Timimi and Gazala .
3 Our first sight of the island was a sharp mountain peak jutting through the low cloud which unfortunately spoiled our view , but in minutes we were through the cloud and touching down on the long black runway which ran parallel to the shores of the fiord .
4 The evidence in support of these allegations was vague and in the event unsubstantiated despite in extensive Social Services investigation which ran parallel to the Statementing procedures .
5 With my father , who was trying to protect me and his cigarettes at the same time , I jumped into a nearby ditch which ran parallel to the road .
6 They had arrived at a point opposite one corner of the house , but once they left the trees there was no more cover until they reached the broad belt of shrubbery which ran parallel to the side of the house .
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