Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] down from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driver got down from the cab and walked slowly down the platform and disappeared through a solid wooden door . |
| 2 | A professor came down from the university to investigate the project . |
| 3 | Rex dropped down from the ceiling . |
| 4 | This may sound harsh , but it seems to me that when we lost our empire our eyes came down from the horizon and looked at our feet . |
| 5 | Madge held the folds of material away as Therese climbed down from the stage . |
| 6 | The sea wall ended , steps going down from the promenade and burying themselves in sand . |
| 7 | And there are steps going down from the drawing room , and up from the dining room . |
| 8 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he answered , bewildered , and was even more surprised when Therese called down from the stage , ‘ Coming for coffee , Madge ? |
| 9 | And then they had the adits coming down from the top . |
| 10 | Customers tend to use the product either as a report generator for existing , often highly complex databases brought down from the mainframe , or as a tool for the complete re-engineering of their applications , including prototyping . |
| 11 | He stood silent beside the sofa , the black disc of the revolver trained on her , his face half in shadow from the harsh light shining down from the ceiling . |
| 12 | Ashley 's eyes drifted down from the screen and she frowned . |
| 13 | A row of yellow , baleful eyes looked down from the darkness among the rafters . |
| 14 | The functional association of two domains can then be interpreted through a hierarchical search extending down from the initial checking for the intersection of geometric domains , through an entity or edge condition check , into that for the relationships of the sub-surfaces contained within the spatial intersection . |
| 15 | The beds in the dormitory pull down from the wall and have hard plastic mattresses . |
| 16 | Reluctantly , Dot slid down from the bed while Loopy Lil beamed kindly , eyes swivelling in all directions and tried to help wash Dot 's face at the wash-stand and brush her hair . |
| 17 | Measuring applause does not reveal that the movie was memorable for the woman in the third row because the building on screen reminded her of where she went to school and all those childhood memories came flooding back intercut with the film while the auditorium gently shook as an underground train passed beneath and cigarette ash fluttered down from the balcony in the projector beam . |
| 18 | It had a long entrance passage sloping down from the east . |
| 19 | And Moses came down from the mount bearing the two tablets of stone . |
| 20 | It was as if Moses came down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments to find Christ and the disciples standing in the crowd . |
| 21 | Fenella slithered down from the horse 's back and stood for a moment in the road , feeling the fingers of mist swirl into her face and touch her skin with damp clammy hands . |
| 22 | Karen called down from the cockpit , |
| 23 | The ‘ mouthpiece ’ and the ‘ horn ’ of the trumpet are both open , and a coil hangs down from the middle . |
| 24 | The wedge of light lying on the open stairway leading down from the hatch fanned out and a voice draped in icicles called : |
| 25 | PETER RAWLINS , a former partner with accountants Arthur Andersen , has emerged as the International Stock Exchange 's next chief executive following the decision of Jeffrey Knight to stand down from the post , writes John Moore . |
| 26 | At first , I thought it was spilt wine but then it spread and I noticed little splashes coming down from the ceiling above . |
| 27 | At the Church Meeting on the 9th , we appointed Jim Brooks as our new church secretary in succession to Malcolm Brown who had intimated in June his desire to step down from the post . |
| 28 | Cameron jumped down from the granite post and walked over to his little committee . |
| 29 | Suddenly desperate to put a distance between them , Rory jumped down from the stool to pace restlessly round the kitchen like a caged animal , unhappy in its imprisonment . |
| 30 | Mait stepped down from the sedan chair and glanced around the worshippers . |