Example sentences of "came down on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The sail came down on the run . |
2 | His chump hand came down on the desk , giving her a point of focus . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Having contemplated the pro 's and con 's Darwin came down on the side in favour of marriage . |
8 | 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 . |