Example sentences of "[noun sg] came down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A professor came down from the university to investigate the project . |
| 2 | The Bomber came down in the middle of morning service . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But I can remember one thing that happened in in that respect was that the superintendent came down to a meeting or he wanted to see us after nationalization . |
| 5 | When the verdict came down over the radio earlier that afternoon , I thought it had to be some kind of misunderstanding — a joke . |
| 6 | My talk with Quintin had more content since he said that if another peer came down from the Upper House he would withdraw from public life whether he was in the Upper or Lower House . |
| 7 | Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea . |
| 8 | The biggest excitement of the war for us happened when an aeroplane came down on the hill above Clove Lodge , which is just across the valley from Low Birk Hatt . |
| 9 | On her next outing Dawn Run came down at the very first fence at Liverpool , giving Jonjo O'Neill a terrible fall . |
| 10 | At Gebe/ Serag the cultivation on the east bank disappeared altogether and the desert came down to the river , leaving only the railway line and a few scrubby bushes clinging to the water 's edge . |
| 11 | Heliopsis snatched a dramatic late verdict under George Duffield in the Tennents Special Handicap as the curtain came down on the 1992 Scottish Flat racing programme . |
| 12 | As the curtain came down for the fourth time the ‘ helpers ’ all gave a huge sigh and reverted back to responsible adults ! |
| 13 | ‘ But for some reason , on this occasion , one firework came down into the crowd . |
| 14 | Beyond the curtains , the rain came down with a sudden clatter on the roof of the Ropewalk below . |
| 15 | Trails of misty Lochaber rain came down from the Nevis mountain range and the round purple heather-clad hills of Glen Loy . |
| 16 | The sail came down on the run . |
| 17 | P.O. ( A ) Jopling and his TAG , L/A Glen , were in the Skua ( L3007 ) , they and the Fulmar firing from long range but only achieving a single hit on the dorsal turret , but both then closed in and after further firing the much-damaged floatplane came down on the sea , the engineer breaking an arm during the crash-landing . |
| 18 | On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches . |
| 19 | The other came down near the village of Upper Heyford , killing its two crew members . |
| 20 | The Argentine night came down like a blind , but , when it was too dark to ride , he seldom took a siesta , struggling instead through Martin Fierro , Don Quixote , or El Cid with the aid of a Spanish dictionary , or listening to music , mostly Mozart . |
| 21 | As it flopped its way forward , the vulnerable underside came down on the ring just as the mini-grenade in the stone erupted into satisfying flame . |
| 22 | That jarring manifestation of furious technology seemed as remote and ridiculous as a dream , as silence settled down on Kielderhead and the hawk 's whistle came down from the moors . |
| 23 | And then my mother and father came down in the four bed when we moved to ninety five in the four bedroom yes , they brought their bedroom suite down with them . |
| 24 | Only two suffered injuries as the craft came down in a field at Pirbright , Surrey . |
| 25 | ‘ The spider came down on a thread in front of me while I was driving . |
| 26 | So the sergeant came down into the cellar and again was awarded a pint ; he explained that the wing commander was wanted back at Oakington immediately because someone at HQ wanted to speak to him . |
| 27 | His chump hand came down on the desk , giving her a point of focus . |
| 28 | There was Lindsay like this little tremulous Pierrot ( because Lindsay was very little at the time — much thinner ) in these little white tights , and the coat which was like a little 18th century golden coat came down from the flies , if we were lucky enough to have any up there . |
| 29 | Two czarist officers , bulky in their comic-opera uniforms , solemnly played Russian roulette , each downing a drink every time the firing pin of their revolver came down on an empty chamber . |
| 30 | The little plane came down at the old airport , south of the town . |