Example sentences of "came down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They came down into the hall and heard a key in the lock . |
| 2 | A moment later the hatch shot open and men in boots came down into the hold , their voices loud in the confined space . |
| 3 | He came down into the cellar and was awarded a pint and we all seemed to be enjoying ourselves when , once more , there was a banging on the door . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ But for some reason , on this occasion , one firework came down into the crowd . |
| 6 | The plane came down into the car park of an agricultural company at Barton Hartshorn in Buckinghamshire . |
| 7 | When the verdict came down over the radio earlier that afternoon , I thought it had to be some kind of misunderstanding — a joke . |
| 8 | Tomorrow , May 21 , at a few minutes before six in the evening it will be precisely half a century since Wellington DV841 came down over the County Durham village of Roddymoor . |
| 9 | The singer later needed his prop when the rains came down at the band 's sell-out ‘ Finstock ’ gig . |
| 10 | The sail came down on the run . |
| 11 | His chump hand came down on the desk , giving her a point of focus . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They finally came down on the side of 36-year-old Anne Bancroft , although she had seldom played comedy , having made her name in such powerful dramas as The Miracle Worker and The Pumpkin Eater . |
| 16 | Having contemplated the pro 's and con 's Darwin came down on the side in favour of marriage . |
| 17 | There 's that side of things , and I hope that that is changing , alas again too slowly erm I think the Taylor report , which firmly came down on the side of more lay control of schools by parents and members of the community , put up and unanswerable case . |
| 18 | Burun 's feet came down off the sill . |
| 19 | How many dead people came down with the rain . |
| 20 | She came down with the baby in her arms , took one look at Vincent , and burst into tears . |
| 21 | Richard said he 'd invite me over next time she came down for the weekend . ’ |
| 22 | I came down for the fire , for it was cold in my room . |
| 23 | The next time she came down to the village was after a day or two . |
| 24 | Both the local people and the expatriate community had been happy to befriend the pretty blonde newcomer and her infant son , with the result that whenever Ashley came down to the village she spent a good proportion of her time chatting . |
| 25 | The King himself came down to the water to meet me . |
| 26 | So he came down to the vestibule , where the three doors were , and under the sills of the two great doors light shone , warm and enticing , and the third was behind a musty leather curtain . |
| 27 | The King , the Queen and their lords and ladies all came down to the beach to wave goodbye . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | We were not very popular when we came down to the sitting-room . |
| 30 | ‘ But I came down to the theatre and was assured it was suitable for children so we came with open minds , ’ she said . |