Example sentences of "he [vb past] come down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He related how he had come down to London and systematically searched through the various agencies that might have employed Elsie , how he had tracked down Mrs Wilson and had gone to see her . |
| 2 | In the twilight of the Great Drought he had come down to the river and filled his wheelbarrow with water until only a Samson could have moved it . |
| 3 | He had come down to the gallery to join the houseparty , he thought simply to look at a new sculpture , before they all returned to the house for luncheon . |
| 4 | He had come down to the Club that night with a real purpose , a purpose only half of which had been carried out at the meeting . |
| 5 | He had come down to the island to make sure all was well while his grandfather was in hospital . |
| 6 | He had come down from Oxford a few months ago obsessed with the idea of social service . |
| 7 | Than the shops gave place to boarding houses and the hill began ; it was a twin of the one he had come down from the car park . |
| 8 | Because then Jesus said to him , who was he talking to , let's , let's start off on the verse one after er after he had come down from the mountains , great crowds followed him that 's Jesus is n't it ? |