Example sentences of "[noun] come down [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A professor came down from the university to investigate the project .
2 The Bomber came down in the middle of morning service . ’
3 This may sound harsh , but it seems to me that when we lost our empire our eyes came down from the horizon and looked at our feet .
4 But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization .
5 The aircraft came down during an attempt to land in bad weather .
6 And then they had the adits coming down from the top .
7 It 's just to keep it tidy for me and your mummy coming down in the morning son .
8 Every brook coming down from the heights was swollen into a torrent , every valley river gulped these tributaries into its heart , and burst out over the narrow meadows into languid shallows , while in the centre it rushed ahead with treacherous force .
9 He rang off , and it was only minutes before they heard the chug of the engine of his jeep coming down from the hills in the still of the morning .
10 When that white light comes down at the end
11 When the verdict came down over the radio earlier that afternoon , I thought it had to be some kind of misunderstanding — a joke .
12 The biggest excitement of the war for us happened when an aeroplane came down on the hill above Clove Lodge , which is just across the valley from Low Birk Hatt .
13 And Moses came down from the mount bearing the two tablets of stone .
14 It was as if Moses came down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments to find Christ and the disciples standing in the crowd .
15 At Gebe/ Serag the cultivation on the east bank disappeared altogether and the desert came down to the river , leaving only the railway line and a few scrubby bushes clinging to the water 's edge .
16 Having contemplated the pro 's and con 's Darwin came down on the side in favour of marriage .
17 his feet came down to the knees on it
18 Burun 's feet came down off the sill .
19 I tried to stop him , but it were Mr Benedict coming down through the kitchens in such a bang and shouting for his groom that started it . ’
20 Th the strong highlight on the reflection on the water obviously is a thing which makes the picture as , and also the , the sort of rays of sun coming down through the cloud .
21 Some of the older blokes , they come out , and they started fighting as well ! ( laughter ) One bloke come down from the flats with just a pair of trousers and a vest on and he started having a go !
22 These primates came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright .
23 ‘ But for some reason , on this occasion , one firework came down into the crowd .
24 Trails of misty Lochaber rain came down from the Nevis mountain range and the round purple heather-clad hills of Glen Loy .
25 During the first week of December 1986 , Donleavy came down to the Windfrey hotel at River Chase , Alabama , just south of Birmingham , for the first of several briefing sessions .
26 The sail came down on the run .
27 At first , I thought it was spilt wine but then it spread and I noticed little splashes coming down from the ceiling above .
28 An easy cart track heads north and in five minutes arrives at Dry Laithe Cave , commonly known as Calf Holes , where a stream coming down on the right disappears in a rash of rocks and passes into a cave under the track .
29 Look Ralph erm if , if you do n't mind me saying can you remember if you do this could you just give me a ring and say it 's done , if not Sid come down in the morning .
30 A stream comes down on the east side and disappears into a cave entrance admitting to a passage below the track where , on the west side , it is joined underground from an alternative pothole entrance .
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