Example sentences of "come down to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Look why not come down to my cottage now , and we 'll have lunch there — I never have much more than just a picnic myself — then we can go across this afternoon , and maybe take tea to have on the island ? |
2 | ‘ The only reason I do n't punch you , ’ I said , ‘ is that I do n't want to come down to your level . ’ |
3 | Well , the thing is , Pop Will Eat Itself used to come down to my place when I first had it and absolutely f— the place up . |
4 | What hope would she have with the local police when the issue came down to her word against Guido 's ? |
5 | Evan 's grandfather was one repository of this local knowledge , and his fern-book came down to his grandson . |
6 | And you know , you know when we thought , yeah well she 'd , she 'd just come on when she came down to my house and she was really , really , really in a happy mood ! |
7 | What struck me was the way in which he seemed to have little difficulty not merely in coming down to my level but in entering into my feelings , as if I were telling him about the most natural matter in the world . |
8 | ‘ Why do n't you come down to our office and have a look ? ’ |
9 | Did your boots come down to your house ? |
10 | And I used to er very often go up to her house and she 'd come down to my house and er . |
11 | I think there are questions of style and dimension which come down to what type of theatre you are talking about . |
12 | In peace-time Achilles and his cronies come down to his level of prose abuse and mockery ( Troilus and Cressida , II.i. ; II.iii ; III.iii ; V.i. ) , but when the fighting restarts Thersites takes no part in it , and is left alone to direct his poisoned breath straight at us . |
13 | We first see Ajax and Thersites trading metaphors of boils and scabs ; Achilles enters in verse ( II.i.55f. ) , but soon comes down to their level . |