Example sentences of "and [verb] down from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 2 | Roxborough finished his drink and got down from his stool , then collected Pascoe 's beer mug and prepared to dive into the crush at the bar . |
| 3 | He rubbed his eyes and peered down from the top bunk . |
| 4 | The political aims of the centre are not written on tablets of stone and handed down from the Mount . |
| 5 | Boz left the stable without another word as Seb flung aside his pitchfork and climbed down from the loft to hurry to the farmhouse . |
| 6 | She stepped forward to the window again and looked down from her turret , whence she had the view of a seagull , on to the sweep of snow , blanketing terrace and steps and lawn , rolling on white and smooth to the ruff of black shrubs on the lochside , and then beyond that the grey water , still as glass , gleaming like steel . |
| 7 | He was unfastening the waist of his trousers now , having kicked shoes and socks under a chair , and in helpless fury she bent down to snatch the damp towel from the floor , wrenching it round herself and jumping down from the bed , glaring at him so ferociously that he suddenly burst out laughing . |
| 8 | Jane had ‘ missed her first ’ and went down from university with only a two-one in English Language and Literature , thus deprived of the academic career she had coveted with cowardice . |
| 9 | Again he called , almost a sob : she got out of bed , put on her dress and went down from her attic . |
| 10 | Everything seemed to fade then , weirdly , leaving only one real object to stare at ; and she went to the mantelpiece and took down from it Undry . |
| 11 | ‘ I heard about their discovery and hurried down from the priory . |