Example sentences of "come down [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As the hammer came down at a then-record $53.9 million , Mr Payson whooped ‘ I think he 'd be happy with that ’ , referring to Van Gogh , who killed himself a year after completing Irises , aged 37 . |
2 | Beyond the curtains , the rain came down with a sudden clatter on the roof of the Ropewalk below . |
3 | ‘ Yesterday morning , Doctor Livesey came down with a white flag . |
4 | The plane came down for a smooth landing amid the radar gear . |
5 | However , setting this aside and taking parent-authorisation at face value , the high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage perceived to be casual or persistent truants . |
6 | The high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage of unauthorised absentees as the diagram shows . |
7 | Following these now disregarded signs of past activity along the old path , I traversed the hillside and came down to a crumbling stone sheepfold with the roofless remains of a shepherd 's hut built into one wall . |
8 | After making unsignalled turns and abrupt lane changes through Chevy Chase , and Bethesda , she blasted to a highly illegal speed south on the Beltway , ducked off it rejoined a few miles along and finally came down to a leisurely cruise through the Virginia countryside . |
9 | Most of the groceries came down from a grand shop in London but she 'd order perishable goods from her brother and then send a servant to complain of the quality . |
10 | When the clock struck , the preacher came down from a little room behind the platform , followed by ten or a dozen men who looked like prosperous City merchants . |
11 | Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea . |
12 | We came down in a small clearing and ended up in the trees . |
13 | ‘ But the crucial thing is to see that budget deficit coming down on a medium term basis convincingly . |
14 | The rain was coming down in a solid curtain . |
15 | ‘ James is coming down in a little while , Christina . |
16 | We were , after all , in the huge personnel carrier area , with pods , shuttles and other small vehicles coming down in a steady stream , every one of them disgorging masked and costumed revellers . |
17 | When he reached the top , he stopped on the landing for a moment to allow his eyes to adjust ; there was illumination of a kind , coming down from a grimy skylight set into the angled ceiling , and it showed nothing much more than three old-fashioned doors and a bare wooden floor . |
18 | And if I come down with a sore throat now , I 'll know who to blame . |
19 | Two streams come down from a hilly hinterland and after a sedate infancy suddenly leap in a happy frolic through verdant surroundings to reach the village where they converge as the River Greta . |
20 | ‘ … unfortunately , ’ Michele went on , ‘ I have n't a clue as to where Lucia 's secret hiding-place might be , so it comes down to a straightforward search . ’ |
21 | The hon. Member for Dundee , East called on us to promise a review , but that comes down to a running review and immediate flexibility . |
22 | And it comes down to a basic difference of approach to this . |
23 | The concrete spillway below the Loch Add reservoir comes down to a stepped slope above the confluence of several small burns draining nearby slopes . |