Example sentences of "[noun pl] came down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A whole thicket of broom bushes came down in that slip , as you saw . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In state primary schools the pupil-teacher ratio went down by 7.5 per cent and in state secondary schools there was a fall of 9.5 per cent , but in the same ten year period the pupil-teacher ratio in independent schools came down by 17.7 per cent . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Then his lips came down on hers and she knew this was what she wanted . |
| 6 | his feet came down to the knees on it |
| 7 | Burun 's feet came down off the sill . |
| 8 | These primates came down from the trees and gradually learned to walk upright . |
| 9 | The apostles came down to Somaria , they laid hands on them and they were receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 10 | Huge space-age lights came down from the ceiling to flash in time to the thudding pulse of the music . |
| 11 | Polidori came down to supper and sat next to me without saying anything . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Far off on the horizon I could make out tiny figures : galloping beasts , scurrying men ; and faint sounds came down to me of barking dogs , irritated bellowings and shrill cries of " Haow , haow ! " |
| 14 | Just then two big wild cats came down to the shore from the mountains . |
| 15 | So down at squadron level we had this very much in our minds when in time the orders came down through Group , through station , right to the people who had to do the carting and the bombing , I feel I should explain right at the outset that I can only view at the later stages of the war the state of morale as I saw it in the entire Pathfinder Force . |
| 16 | Prices came down in the street and as for having a purse snatched , well , such things did n't happen to army wives . |
| 17 | ‘ The first time it came to life was New Year 's Eve , when lots of my parent 's friends came down from Stockholm . |
| 18 | Now that we could relax a bit , we began to realise just how tired we all were and many girls came down with minor ailments , such as skin rashes and tonsilitis . |
| 19 | These girls came down in special trains : it was n't just the odd few . |
| 20 | His hands came down at either side of her , trapping her against the wall . |
| 21 | He smiled at her , and his hands came down on her shoulders to draw her towards him . |
| 22 | Furiously she began gathering them up , two spots of colour highlighting her cheeks as his hands came down over hers . |
| 23 | The old familiar shutters came down over his gaze . |
| 24 | AIR travellers came down to earth with a bump yesterday when they joined in some charity aerobics . |
| 25 | AIr travellers came down to earth with a bump yesterday when they joined in some charity aerobics . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage of unauthorised absentees as the diagram shows . |
| 29 | It was granted and his wife and four children came down in pyjamas and dressing-gowns . |
| 30 | Bats developed " send/receive " switching technology long long ago , probably millions of years before our ancestors came down from the trees . |