Example sentences of "come down [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We came down just after the surrender and landed in Singapore and marched 20 miles because there was no transport . ’ |
| 2 | GERMANY 'S press came down firmly on the side of the Princess of Wales . |
| 3 | The British Treasury finally came down firmly against the idea of trying to " wriggle through " without the loan . |
| 4 | He dumped it down behind the boat-house and went back towards the house , then after a bit he came down again with a picture , and dumped that , then he took the bag and made off up the path with it . ’ |
| 5 | Do n't forget , we only came down here for a drink . |
| 6 | ‘ Give my thanks to Bartholomew the Englishman , ’ Cranston replied drily , ‘ but it does n't explain why a London merchant came down here in the dark , fastened a rope round a beam and hanged himself . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ My lord came down here from the town when he heard of these outlaws passing this way , but never a glimpse of them have we encountered since . |
| 8 | muscle just came down here like a woman 's breast . |
| 9 | She had her own meal early , around six , then watched some television on the set she had in her room , and came down later for a chat with the family when everyone was feeling relaxed . |
| 10 | So , when on 8 May Acheson announced that the US would send economic and military aid to the French in Indo-China ( for Gaddis Smith , the turning point — ‘ the scales had swayed for three months and then came down hard on the side of France ) the French position was at least potentially desperate and one can not help asking whether there were any countries receiving military aid under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program , other than Vietnam , in which there were such powerful revolutionary forces and where a revolutionary war was already in progress . |
| 11 | and er they 're coming down here for the morning she always does it |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps I may come down again in the spring . |
| 13 | Therese , could you come down here for a moment ? |
| 14 | — Bet that bloke on the fruit-machines did n't come down here in a Rover ! ’ |
| 15 | They reckoned that they had already entered into their reign with Christ : they were already rich already filled with the powers of the Age to Come ( 1 Cor 4:8 ) Paul comes down immediately like a ton of bricks on this attitude which regards the Spirit as a medium of religious experience or an embodiment of supernatural power , rather than as the vocation to and equipment for the role of the Servant . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr. Smith 's evidence comes down essentially to the position that Mr. Winterbone 's mental powers were not materially impaired or materially different from the position they were in before he had his fall and went into either Samuel Saye House or Haine Hospital . |