Example sentences of "coming down [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs. Jervis , step upstairs to keep the maids from coming down at this noise .
2 One review board chairman agreed completely with the inspector , one completely disagreed and in the third case the chairman merely rewrote the report in different words without coming down on one side or the other .
3 Above all , we must move junior doctors on to a shift system so that they do not work more than 60 hours , coming down to 56 hours in the most intensive posts .
4 There a new realism and prices are coming down to sensible levels .
5 No , what I 'm saying is erm that having looked at each individual case that I 've sometimes felt frustrated about , I 've been glad that they are n't larger for the sake of coming down to human rights .
6 And it overflows coming down into another pond
7 Any use of nuclear weapons which resulted in significant fall-out coming down in neutral countries , or which in other ways violated neutral territory , would clearly fall foul of this provision .
8 ‘ When I 'm coming down in that parachute , I 'm feeling pretty nervous , but it 's wonderful the way I can feel the audience reacting warmly towards me .
9 The snow was coming down in thick flakes , adding to the unreal appearance as they chugged slowly from one bank to the other , and she was delighted that they stopped at every single stop .
10 ‘ The main danger is ice , which coming down in large floes at the breaking up of a frost , is apt to accumulate at the pillars and exert enormous pressure thereon , ’ he says .
11 Waiting times are coming down in most places and staff report improved management and job satisfaction .
12 He had n't reckoned on one of the Liaison team coming down from Central London just to shake his hand , talk baseball results , and drive him back .
13 From this depression , the descent is continued down the Mallerstang flank , soon linking with Ais Gill coming down from Wild Boar Fell .
14 By meticulous surveying and mapping over many years , exploration of the cave beyond its earliest known extremities — to connect with underground passages coming down from Gaping Gill a mile away — had been charted to within a short distance .
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