Example sentences of "come down to the river " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the twilight of the Great Drought he had come down to the river and filled his wheelbarrow with water until only a Samson could have moved it . |
| 2 | I run to the house with Mrs Gould and we get everybody — my mum and dad and the other guests — to come down to the river . |
| 3 | Women came down to the river in groups to wash clothes and pots . |
| 4 | The women who came down to the river , no doubt fearful of looks themselves , avoided the barge . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A group of youngsters can often come down to the river and go over the top |
| 7 | ‘ Come down to the river and do some fishing with me , ’ she suggested after his third afternoon of idle silence . |