Example sentences of "came [adv prt] to a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage of unauthorised absentees as the diagram shows . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She says a woman on an earlier expedition had snow blindness and as soon as she came down to a lower altitude , she was put on a drip and recovered in a few days . |
| 6 | She came off to a reasonable round . |
| 7 | By the time he came off to a huge ovation , Essex were dawdling along at 99-3 off 36 overs . |
| 8 | Only one out of 208 pints served in 104 pubs , clubs and restaurants in Birmingham came up to a full measure , trading standards officers disclosed . |
| 9 | About halfway across the Channel a man in a plastic mackintosh came back to a nearby table and announced that the rain had finally stopped — just our luck , he added . |