Example sentences of "come down [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of hours a week worked by juniors has come down by about 10 hours since the Labour party was in power . |
| 2 | NORTH WEST ‘ Properties costing over £100,000 have come down by about 20 per cent , semis by about ten per cent and terraces by about five per cent , ’ says Clive Watkin of the Clive Watkin Partnership on the Wirral , Merseyside . |
| 3 | Peter Karsten , marketing director of Surfax , which brews the low-alcohol Clausthaler , comments : ‘ The number of products available has dropped from 70 to 50 and it needs to come down to about 20 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I am a little surprised , Dr Neil , ’ said McAllister prim again , but managing to sneak another biscuit — she really did feel hungry and breakfast would not be served until Matey came down at about seven-thirty — ‘ that you have seen fit to buy it . ’ |
| 5 | She said : ‘ In the end it came down to just two letters . |
| 6 | You know here we come down to very basic premise of communication |
| 7 | The final choice probably comes down to just one of the two remaining places . |
| 8 | I 'm not really an emotional person at all , just because I 'd rather ignore emotion than confront it , so when it comes down to really heavy shit it kinda just breezes right by me . |