Example sentences of "came 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	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 .
10	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 .
11	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 .
12	Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea .
13	We came down in a small clearing and ended up in the trees .

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