Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] down from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously a lot of this racism has seeped down from the top ; for example the police are part of a racist legal system so you 've got to expect them to hold those views . |
| 2 | Alan Jones and Steve Abel have stepped down from committee due to other work commitments ; their involvement in the work of the TCP over recent years has been much appreciated . |
| 3 | Already , both the top Republican contenders have backed down from their original pledge to rescind Mr Florio 's tax increases the minute they take office . |
| 4 | How this name originated I have no idea , but I do know that it has been around for many generations for a jingle about this name has come down from the 19th century and it went : " Old Cribb , Young Cribb and Young Cribbs Son , if it had n't a been for Old Cribb there would n't have been none " . |
| 5 | May I remind him that inflation has come down from 10.9 to 3.7 per cent. , that interest rates have been cut by 4.5 percentage points and that we have the lowest level of inflation for 25 years — below that of west Germany . |
| 6 | A lot of flood water had come down from the upper reaches of the Cherwell , and a body placed in the river , say , at Lonsdale Road … |
| 7 | Bearing in mind that she would be eating a main meal that evening , Fabia ordered an omelette and salad , and soon discovered that once Lubor had settled down from his initial opportunistic manner he was quite a pleasant lunchtime companion . |
| 8 | On numerous occasions massive Orc armies have swept down from the north , destroying the towns and cities of Kislev and invading the northern provinces of the Empire . |
| 9 | Alcohol has edged down from 80 to 78 per mille , but leisure services have risen from 32 per mille to 62 , entirely as a result of the inclusion for the first time of foreign holidays , which are now deemed to account for 30 per mille ( 3 per cent ) of the cost of living . |
| 10 | He had no time for the ritual marriage with the Everqueen since the legions of Nagarythe had swept down from their grim realm , bearing the banner of Malekith before them . |
| 11 | She cast a quick , cautious glance at the little girl , fearing that she might have overheard , but Kirsty had slid down from her chair and was quite clearly totally absorbed in watching the antics of the hotel cat through the window . |
| 12 | Neighbours had travelled down from Gloucestershire to join in the celebration : |
| 13 | Meanwhile , our base rates have come down from 12% ( they never officially went to the 15% level announced on Black Wednesday ) to 7% and should fall further . |
| 14 | Wendy 's gone down from twelve and a half stone to about eight |
| 15 | PREMIER John Major has backed down from promises to stop Civil Service time servers being rewarded through the honours system , say No 10 sources . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , does the Minister agree that the number of defence jobs in the north-west has gone down from 23,000 in 1985-86 to only 12,000 in 1989-90 , a cut of almost 50 per cent . |
| 17 | Either a spark had come down from the old fellow 's hole up there or him with hobnail boots had trod on er black powder and set it off and his hole went out underneath his feet . |
| 18 | Eye-witness Maureen Darwin , who was waiting to board one of the US-bound jumbos , said : ‘ It was as if a giant unseen hand had come down from the heavens and just lifted the planes up and across the tarmac . |
| 19 | One of the most important concerns the ending , which was to have been based on an Old Believer melody Mussorgsky had taken down from a friend . |
| 20 | And super model 's pay has gone down from ten thousand pounds to er five hundred pounds a day . |
| 21 | Twice a week a Second Secretary accompanied by a High Commission security officer had driven down from Nairobi with a gutted digest of the Service 's affairs telexed from London . |
| 22 | The money 's been pouring on to Gala 's Image , odds have come down from 25 to 1 . |
| 23 | Her spirits had come down from the heights to the abyss . |
| 24 | The shares have come down from 795p since the toxic waste issue blew up . |
| 25 | Her family have travelled down from the city to the Devon hospital where the attack happened . |
| 26 | Meanwhile Georgina 's family have travelled down from their home in Gloucester to be at their daughter 's bedside . |