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

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1 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 .
2 And then they had the adits coming down from the top .
3 his feet came down to the knees on it
4 Burun 's feet came down off the sill .
5 These primates came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright .
6 At first , I thought it was spilt wine but then it spread and I noticed little splashes coming down from the ceiling above .
7 Huge space-age lights came down from the ceiling to flash in time to the thudding pulse of the music .
8 Most of the owners came down from the Clubhouse to watch the saddling of the runners in the Jockey Club Race Train Stakes , and all the sportier of them wore the rosettes .
9 Just then two big wild cats came down to the shore from the mountains .
10 Prices came down in the street and as for having a purse snatched , well , such things did n't happen to army wives .
11 One by one , the men came down from the top of the rock , and sat with their arms around each other , out of the wind .
12 Bats developed " send/receive " switching technology long long ago , probably millions of years before our ancestors came down from the trees .
13 A moment later the hatch shot open and men in boots came down into the hold , their voices loud in the confined space .
14 Women came down to the river in groups to wash clothes and pots .
15 And seeing these two women coming down through the path towards the city the people of Bethlehem , yo you 'll read it there in the opening of chapter two in the book of Ruth , the people of Bethlehem , they left their fields and came running to greet them !
16 Stunning views on the Neapolitan Riviera , family bays in Apulia , and tiny hidden coves , where the hills come down to the sea , on the Tuscany Coast .
17 ‘ There , where the leaves come down to the water .
18 The singer later needed his prop when the rains came down at the band 's sell-out ‘ Finstock ’ gig .
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