Example sentences of "come down the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it not the case that although the wage increases of British workers have come down the benefits of that have been dissipated , and that due to the recession induced by the Government productivity has gone down although it has gone up in Germany and as a result unit labour costs in the year to the second quarter of 1991 went up by 3 per cent . |
| 2 | The news of the day was that British tanks had got across the Irrawaddy near Meiktila , having come down the Chindwin valley . |
| 3 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 4 | The barges used to come down the Leeds and Liverpool canal right down to Tate and Lyle 's , where they had chutes that came down from the building into the barges and the coal was sucked up because the coal was very fine ; and the poor people there — they 'd be on the other side of the canal and one would perhaps get on a barge and throw two or three pieces of coal and then scamper up . |
| 5 | If you were to come down the Cowley Road — I invite you to come down and and come and see the situation , because , you know , if I said okay anyone can smoke or drink in the church or churchyard in Saint Mary and John , the building would be full , not full literally , but we 'd have people all day in there smoking and drinking and there would be nowhere quiet for people to pray . |
| 6 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 7 | She had caught his eye as she came down the aisle . |
| 8 | The stewardess came down the aisle , a big-breasted young woman exuding a strong odour of perspiration . |
| 9 | The Berlin Wall came down the year before , but John Major is not Prime Minister yet and EuroDisney is still a building site . |
| 10 | Dawson came down the scale and finished with a bass boom , index finger down heavily , thumb extended . |
| 11 | He was worried about them and by the time he came down the gang had gone . |
| 12 | At first , Charles found only 150 clansmen , all of them Macdonalds , waiting to greet him but then the distant skirl of bagpipes was heard and the Camerons , 700 or 800 strong , came down the hillside in orderly columns , escorting the prisoners captured at High Bridge . |
| 13 | They came down , they were altogether like that but at one point those red ones came down the ice altogether . |
| 14 | A horse came down the ramp in one bound , as if on wings , hit the concrete in a shower of sparks . |
| 15 | The elderly voice , half a challenge and half a tease , came down the telephone to Molly as she was in the middle of giving Jacqueline her supper . |
| 16 | Let's go ! ’ and Dave came down the tree in a way that made my eyes water . |
| 17 | It was a ploy of Lord Darlington 's to stand at this shelf studying the spines of the encyclopedias as I came down the staircase , and sometimes , to increase the effect of an accidental meeting , he would actually pull out a volume and pretend to be engrossed as I completed my descent . |
| 18 | Late in the morning Valeria suggested we should all go down and have breakfast , and as we came down the staircase we saw to our horror that her mother was waiting for us at the bottom . |
| 19 | When he came down the alley toward the club 's stage door he could see that there were three rough-looking teenagers who 'd clambered up the side of one of the big waste bins and were lifting stuff around inside . |
| 20 | The Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 came down the day after the fourth anniversary of the Lockerbie bomb — allegedly planted by two Libyans — which killed 270 . |
| 21 | Her voice came down the phone icy . |
| 22 | Mrs Singh came down the hall and opened the door , smiling . |
| 23 | I did n't look down the footpath which led to the buttercup fields where Dotty Harmer lived , for they were there no more , and I ignored the traffic which came down the New Yatt Road . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , have you not ? ’ snapped the other , coming hastily forward to confront her as Theda came down the rest of the stairs . |
| 25 | It was crowded , and as the rain began to fall more rabbits came down the runs . |
| 26 | well I , apprehensive is the word really , but he , I think he came down the other , this week just for a day and spent back here and saw one or two people and I think he 's happier now |
| 27 | She came to the rehearsal and came down the bridge over the orchestra where I was directing , and she said to the manager , ‘ If this veil remains , I do not sing . ’ |
| 28 | But when stuff came down the dock to people off , on to a boat , would that be stored in a warehouse first and then go on to the boat or would it be |
| 29 | But Tallis , as she came down the bank , could see that he was frightened . |
| 30 | sort of , the , the last pair went , went on and on and on , it got to twelve o'clock and the the , the landlord said right that 's it he said I 'm closing down no matter what , he said I 'd , I 've , he was n't eleven o'clock on , he said that 's it I ca n't keep it open any longer , so they closed it down , we called the game off , called it a boring match , they came down the club , fucking played them there , thrashed them out of sight first four games , no first five games , five nil , straight away , wahey , fucking walloped them , walloped their that was the , that was the league champion 's as well , Post Office in Grantham |