Below you will find example sentences with "came down". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Came Down in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: came
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.6 words

Words in this phrase

came down

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • came can mean: simple past of come Common word
  • down can mean: From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

32 4 came down to the 2× 18 vintage came down about 30 1× 19 vintage came down 20 bips 1× as it came down 1× bullpen it came down to better 1× diego state came down to a 1× game that came down to the 1× it all came down to the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

braden smith had 2× after the fraud 1× as election returns 1× both teams played 1× corby is built 1× creighton vs san 1×

Common sentence endings:

s leading scorer 2× by 8 percent 1× camp s dinner 1× cutting edge gear 1× down 20 bips 1× dumbed down curriculum 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

game 4× white 2× looks 2× vintage 2× bips 2× wire 2× house 2× six 2× off 2× cables 2× creighton 2× san 2×

Related phrases

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down touched down doubled down burned down sit down

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

cambridge university cambridge investment cambridge city calm down call centre california gov

Just after it in the phrase index:

came shortly camera footage camera operator camera setup camera system cameron says

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

came shortly

Same ending:

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "came down" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 32 4 came down to the, 18 vintage came down about 30, game, white and looks stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with shut down, knocked down and sat down, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with came down

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

It all came down to the almighty dollar with a dumbed-down curriculum. (13 words)

Picklum’s 10 came midway through her heat against Johnson, which came down to the wire. (16 words)

After the fraud came into light the shares of the bank came down by 8 percent. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

As election returns came in, several hundred people gathered in the state floor of the White House to watch the results, eat hot dogs and french fries, and wait to cheer on President Trump, who later came down from the residence to address them. (44 words)

Braden Smith had 14 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds for the Boilermakers, though this game, like most of them for Purdue (32-4), came down to the other team’s inability to hold down the nation’s leading scorer. (40 words)

Then a slightly different question, looks like there were a couple of revisions to the forecast of cash flows, looks like '18 vintage came down about 30 bips and then the '19 vintage came down 20 bips. (37 words)

Question examples

Creighton vs. San Diego State came down to a controversial call that pushed the Aztecs into Final FourA tough game between Creighton and San Diego State comes down to a whistle, but was it the right call? (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Both teams played their hearts out and it really just came down to … I don’t know … it just came down to winning, I guess,” Texas head coach Mike White said.

Then a slightly different question, looks like there were a couple of revisions to the forecast of cash flows, looks like '18 vintage came down about 30 bips and then the '19 vintage came down 20 bips.

For Gibbons, it seems like a lot of it came down to enjoying the newfound degree of control that came with cutting-edge gear.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, meanwhile, came down heavily on the Nitish-led government and said that the BJP would тАЬhang rioters upside downтАЭ if it came to power in the state.

Corby is built on migration - it was just a village until thousands came down from Scotland to work in the steelworks and then after the Second World War many came over from Eastern Europe.

Picklum’s 10 came midway through her heat against Johnson, which came down to the wire.

This continued until the main event segment, when the Bucks came down to the ring and were attacked by Darby Allin, who came out of the crowd.

Two persons posing as students came to his house and opened fire when Tiwari came down to meet them.

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As election returns came in, several hundred people gathered in the state floor of the White House to watch the results, eat hot dogs and french fries, and wait to cheer on President Trump, who later came down from the residence to address them.

Pepper, who came down with an apparent case of Montezuma’s revenge during his stay, later came to believe that my grandfather had secretly poisoned him so that he could spend more time with his beautiful wife.

Sam Curran (15*) came in and hit a six off the very first ball and the situation came down to CSK needing 28 to win off the last over.

After the fraud came into light the shares of the bank came down by 8 percent.

It was a close game that came down to the wire, but Saint Jo came up just short losing 62-61.

The 'bag of dreams' came down into came to reveal a massive ostrich egg ready to be cooked for the camp's dinner.

When the cables came loose, cables and parts of the scaffolding fell, breaking six windows as it came down.

Creighton vs. San Diego State came down to a controversial call that pushed the Aztecs into Final FourA tough game between Creighton and San Diego State comes down to a whistle, but was it the right call?

The game didn’t come down to how Showalter managed his bullpen, it came down to better personnel in the Braves’ bullpen.

Braden Smith had 14 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds for Purdue (32-4), came down to the other team's inability to hold down the nation's leading scorer.

Braden Smith had 14 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds for the Boilermakers, though this game, like most of them for Purdue (32-4), came down to the other team’s inability to hold down the nation’s leading scorer.

It all came down to the almighty dollar with a dumbed-down curriculum.

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