Example sentences of "[conj] came down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( WES ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News … the round the world race that came down to the line . |
| 2 | I was determined it was at the burn that came down by the distillery at the edge of the town . |
| 3 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 4 | The smells that came down from the higher ground might tell him something . |
| 5 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 6 | He took in Marcus 's absence , went upstairs and came down with the pale boy behind him . |
| 7 | Then Handlebar 's cock suddenly jumped into the air , flew the distance that separated it from its rival and came down on the darker bird with its neck arched and talons open . |
| 8 | We eventually left the outback by way of some tiny townships , widely spaced , and came down onto the Queensland coast at the busy city of Townsville with a modern cylindrical building surmounted by a silvery roof feature . |
| 9 | The green men in their cloaks of leaves and branches then discovered them , and came down to the beach and circled Dulé and his companions where they lay prone , and shook their fronds and squatted on their haunches and kicked their legs and tossed their heads and slapped palm to thigh , in order to rally them and send them off again ; pouring spirits and water into their faces to invigorate them , beating out a rhythm with their feet . |