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  • Twice he had seen it at a distance on the hills, and once had started it from cover in Coombe Wood and followed it through the Denture and Stammers, Great Bottom and Gumber, Earthem Wood and Long Down, Nore Hill and Little Down; and at Punchbowl Green he lost it.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

  • Twice he had seen it at a distance on the hills, and once had started it from cover in Coombe Wood and followed it through the Denture and Stammers, Great Bottom and Gumber, Earthem Wood and Long Down, Nore Hill and Little Down; and at Punchbowl Green he lost it.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1921

  • "Coombe," she faintly breathed as if to herself and not to Cook.

    The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • Located in the desirable and sought after area of the Ville Au Roi, "Coombe" is sure to appeal to purchasers looking for a large, period hous .....

    This Is Guernsey 2009

  • a southwesterly course through a pleasant bottom of meadow lands, and thence between wooded slopes and a romantic "Coombe," much beloved of artists, till it finally empties itself into the Avon, not far from the mouth of that tidal river.

    The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 Various 1888

  • The Interzone cover is by an artist called Warwick Fraser-Coombe.

    The Top 100 Speculative Fiction Magazine Covers, #50-#41 pabba 2010

  • The Exuberance cover artist is Rik Rawling, and the Interzone cover artist is Warwick Fraser-Coombe.

    The Top 100 Speculative Fiction Magazine Covers, #50-#41 pabba 2010

  • The cover art is the first part of six connected images by Warwick Fraser-Coombe which at the end of the year will form a new, much larger image.

    TOC: Interzone #226 2010

  • There are some pretty villages along the upper Avon: Enfold, with its flint and stone church, and old funeral wagon in the nave; Longstreet, with the Swan pub appearing at the right moment for a lunchtime reappraisal of the route; Coombe and Fittleton, with their judas trees, mill ponds and dovecotes.

    Magic circles: walking from Avebury to Stonehenge 2011

  • Westpac's retail and business banking head, Rob Coombe , has left the bank "to pursue other opportunities," Ms. Kelly said.

    Westpac in Big Management Overhaul Ross Kelly 2011

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