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 . |