Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] down from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day Jesus said to his friends : I am the Bread of Life I am the living Bread which has come down from heaven Anyone who eats this bread Shall live for . |
| 2 | It is significant that one of the few occasions when the author of Ancrene Wisse hints at the contemplative experience occurs in his account of the behaviour appropriate at the Mass : ( After the kiss of peace in the Mass , when the priest communicates , forget the world , be completely out of the body , and with burning love embrace your Beloved who has come down from heaven to your heart 's bower , and hold Him fast until He has granted you all that you ask . ) |
| 3 | Williams could also be on the mark with Capricorn Note in the other 450 metres open , though Dawn Milligan 's latest acquisition , Valentinos Joy , which has moved down from Scotland , trialled in 26.60 secs ( going 30 fast ) . |
| 4 | PREMIER John Major has backed down from promises to stop Civil Service time servers being rewarded through the honours system , say No 10 sources . |
| 5 | And after he 'd climbed down from Cloud Nine , Brian told me to remind you that Cilla 's new album Through the Years , which does indeed feature duets with Barry Manilow , Cliff Richard and Dusty Springfield , is in the shops now . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , he is famous for it and I believe sent down from Oxford for it . |
| 7 | Neighbours had travelled down from Gloucestershire to join in the celebration : |
| 8 | The farmers going to market had come down from Barking and Ringshall and those places , and on the rough owd country roads they managed ; but as soon as they got to the tarred road in Needham street they had to stop . |
| 9 | I had come down from London looking for a job . |
| 10 | He had come down from Oxford a few months ago obsessed with the idea of social service . |
| 11 | His girlfriend , Hazel , had come down from Leeds for the weekend . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So he had driven down from Edinburgh to intercept the train . |
| 14 | They 've driven down from Sheffield to come with me . |
| 15 | Beador 's own response was reassuring — he thought it a ‘ ripping good idea ’ and gladly added Fontana to the travelling stable of two hunters she had brought down from Yorkshire . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The shares have come down from 795p since the toxic waste issue blew up . |
| 18 | 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 . |