Example sentences of "came down to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next time she came down to the village was after a day or two . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The King himself came down to the water to meet me . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The King , the Queen and their lords and ladies all came down to the beach to wave goodbye . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We were not very popular when we came down to the sitting-room . |
| 8 | Many experiments were done to decide who should have responsibility for controlling the sound ; but eventually it all came down to the engineers , assisted by meters and ( most important of all ) a keen musical sense . |
| 9 | ‘ But I came down to the theatre and was assured it was suitable for children so we came with open minds , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Well some of them came by road and RAF trucks , the fuselages , and then there were all they started at the top of the airfield in the old flying club pavilion , and then they were er stripped down and stuff was taken off them , checked out , for airworthiness to see whether it was ready to go back on the planes , and then they came down to the back of the top hanger which was then they were all down to the skeleton of the aircraft and they started rebuilding them again like , there were engine shops and the place at the bottom hanger where they used to make the Swallow side-cars was the spraying and where they completed the aircraft . |
| 11 | As a result , it received several offers of help , including one from the mystery blonde accountant who came down to the Sanctuary twice . |
| 12 | Just then two big wild cats came down to the shore from the mountains . |
| 13 | Water also came down to the mill from a cutting , possibly working a mill wheel . |
| 14 | Women came down to the river in groups to wash clothes and pots . |
| 15 | The women who came down to the river , no doubt fearful of looks themselves , avoided the barge . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Because when it came down to the work bit |
| 18 | The sun was still hidden behind Spyglass Hill , which came down to the sea in dangerous cliffs on this side of the island . |
| 19 | They came down to the verge of the lake , and drank and drank . |
| 20 | He came down to the half-landing and stood behind her , peering over her shoulder at Carlos 's face on the little phone . |
| 21 | Both were caught and held , till at long last Herakles came down to the Underworld and took Theseus back with him , leaving Peirithous behind . |
| 22 | his feet came down to the knees on it |
| 23 | One of Aunt Tossie 's luxuries was an early breakfast in bed — later she came down to the dining room where she ate a second . |
| 24 | Others hated and ignored them , saying they only came down to the city to steal . |
| 25 | ( WES ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News … the round the world race that came down to the line . |
| 26 | Andrew Barrett , the paediatrician , came down to the department on the Thursday morning to deal with an admission , and grinned at Jack . |
| 27 | The speed with which Adobe Systems Inc managed to close the deal over at Sun Microsystems Inc for its PostScript , Display PostScript and other imaging technologies ‘ came down to the wire , ’ according to Dano Ybarra , marketing manager for Adobe 's display products group , one of the mentors of the agreement ( UX No 404 ) . |
| 28 | Amaranth was wearing what appeared to be a blue-black overcoat with square shoulders , the skirts of which came down to the knee . |
| 29 | It was an enclave within the duchy lordship of Pickering , which came down to the coast at Filey Brigg in the south and at Scalby , just north of Scarborough , before continuing along the coast towards Whitby . |
| 30 | It was an enclave within the duchy lordship of Pickering , which came down to the coast at Filey Brigg in the south and at Scalby , just north of Scarborough , before continuing along the coast towards Whitby . |