Example sentences of "come down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The news of the day was that British tanks had got across the Irrawaddy near Meiktila , having come down the Chindwin valley . |
| 2 | Is it not the case that although the wage increases of British workers have come down the benefits of that have been dissipated , and that due to the recession induced by the Government productivity has gone down although it has gone up in Germany and as a result unit labour costs in the year to the second quarter of 1991 went up by 3 per cent . |
| 3 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 4 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 5 | My mother used to er whe when we were younger used to come down the for a days ' scrubbing , charring . |
| 6 | You could go with the travel club , I suppose , but then you do n't get the chance to come down the Three Goats Heads pub in the city centre before and after the match and meet everyone else from the list — hopefully . |
| 7 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 8 | The first , wearing a traditional Burmese longyi , or sarong , and carrying an umbrella and a briefcase , was thoroughly searched by Thai security forces when he came down the plane steps . |
| 9 | He walked straight back round the top of the little dale until they came down the slope to the road , well out of sight of the cottage . |
| 10 | Joe stood up and came down the table towards Harriet Shakespeare . |
| 11 | She came to the rehearsal and came down the bridge over the orchestra where I was directing , and she said to the manager , ‘ If this veil remains , I do not sing . ’ |
| 12 | Let's go ! ’ and Dave came down the tree in a way that made my eyes water . |
| 13 | The men came down the stern ladder . |
| 14 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 15 | I did n't look down the footpath which led to the buttercup fields where Dotty Harmer lived , for they were there no more , and I ignored the traffic which came down the New Yatt Road . |
| 16 | I came down the slope , trying not to smirk . |
| 17 | Mrs Singh came down the hall and opened the door , smiling . |
| 18 | A horse came down the ramp in one bound , as if on wings , hit the concrete in a shower of sparks . |
| 19 | A man stood between these with the barrow behind him , and came down the almost precipitous slopes with the momentum of a quarter of a ton of stone lifting him off his feet for yards at a time , the exertions of keeping the load under control leaving him breathless and throbbing . |
| 20 | As the dusk came down the bats came out and the song of birds ceased one by one until only a lone blackbird spoke occasionally from the shadows . |
| 21 | At first , Charles found only 150 clansmen , all of them Macdonalds , waiting to greet him but then the distant skirl of bagpipes was heard and the Camerons , 700 or 800 strong , came down the hillside in orderly columns , escorting the prisoners captured at High Bridge . |
| 22 | A groan of real sympathy came down the line . |
| 23 | The Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 came down the day after the fourth anniversary of the Lockerbie bomb — allegedly planted by two Libyans — which killed 270 . |
| 24 | Even the fishing fleet came down the harbour as expected from intelligence reports , and might have choked the narrow 100 yards wide entrance if a burst of tracer from a destroyer had not turned them aside as they grasped the situation . |
| 25 | With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat . |
| 26 | It was crowded , and as the rain began to fall more rabbits came down the runs . |
| 27 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 28 | The elderly voice , half a challenge and half a tease , came down the telephone to Molly as she was in the middle of giving Jacqueline her supper . |
| 29 | She had caught his eye as she came down the aisle . |
| 30 | Dawson came down the scale and finished with a bass boom , index finger down heavily , thumb extended . |