Example sentences of "[adv prt] from [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can the Directors of the Court of the Bank see down from their lofty offices to the struggles that the Bank Assistants endure/ Is it possible that the clouds get in the way ? |
| 2 | People had moved back down from their temporary dwellings on Jimale and the village was once again alive with activity . |
| 3 | And the Postman 's spectacle was covered in greenflies from the vigorous activity up the tree : " No , but I says to him " — " Really , all right " — " Well " — " and " — " Oh , you 've done it " — " Must go down to the " — " Taps , got to get some " went the song to the rhythm of empty beer bottles dropping into the side pocket receptacles of tree-holder number 29 on the dustmen 's route — and the tip-holding pockets for the dustmen were not full or anything cos the ladies had all forgotten their purses , and the paper , folding , crumpled , torn money had long since fluttered down from their knicker-elastic banks . |
| 4 | A long and inconclusive stand-off in the Middle East , when oil prices could probably edge down from their recent $28-odd a barrel , would string out the recession but not deepen it greatly . |
| 5 | Mr Morton needs to bring the contractors down from their revised cost forecast of £7.5bn . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Ecology party fielded 109 candidates in 1983 ( up from 53 in 1979 ) , the right-wing National Front 60 candidates ( though down from its 1979 peak of 303 candidates ) , the British National party ( a breakaway movement from the National Front ) 54 candidates , and the Communist party 35 candidates . |
| 9 | It is not all that many months ago that the right hon. Gentleman was saying to the House and to people beyond it that the most important thing was to get inflation down from its then level of 10.9 per cent . |
| 10 | This still lovely riverine landscape must have been settling down from its major reshaping when William Morris bought Kelmscott Manor in 1871 . |
| 11 | Inflation remained a major problem however ; although down from its 1988/89 peak , it hovered around the 60 per cent mark for most of 1990/91 . |
| 12 | Due to the overcrowding of thoughts , emotions and subconscious patternings , our attention is drawn down from its princely abode between and above the eyes and plays among the tattwas , gross and subtle , of the physical realm . |
| 13 | Things are less comfortable measured against corporate investment : the ratio is well down from its 1988 peak , and heading for a level not seen since the 1974 recession . |
| 14 | Mrs Kelleher put poor little Willie off her lap and took her instrument down from its high shelf ( roses and blonde ladies were intertwined on its end-boards ) , spread her knees apart as though to nestle Willie again , then , stretching out the pleats of her concertina , sent it screeching into a wild tune for dancing . |
| 15 | Theology in all its guises should step down from its exalted position and take its place alongside all other human activities and contribute to an autonomous religion only what is relevant , and that with no more authority than is accorded any other sphere of human endeavour . |
| 16 | When he bent that famous craggy face and strong jaw down from its natural elevation to the level of ordinary human beings it was not to advance any opinions or tell any anecdotes of his own . |
| 17 | ‘ New scum , I suppose , ’ Hortensia said to them , looking down from her great height . |
| 18 | He merely looked her up and down from her booted feet to her windblown hair , then returned his attention to the stove , and Hilary almost turned and went out again . |
| 19 | No wonder the Government of the day tried to conceal that it had spent public money on bringing some dotty lady down from her high table to tell us what it is to want what we want . |
| 20 | No , a speedy and preferably silent retreat would give him time to calm down from her preposterous speculation on his private life . |
| 21 | He had barely a scratch upon him , he was hardly blown by comparison with these , and he stood off while they breathed , and at the last lighted down from his tired horse , to meet with the most valiant on equal terms . |
| 22 | Karajan came down from his high conducting stool , the orchestra regrouped for a Mozart concerto , and for the rest of the afternoon the music-making was active and intense , full of a special vibrancy and good humour . |
| 23 | Lord Carrington is to step down from his intensive role in peace talks in the former Yugoslavia , talks in London tomorrow will go ahead . |
| 24 | A few doors down from his own room sat a Co-ordinator of Intelligence whose task it was to try and keep MI6 , 5 and the true military organisations from duplicating each other 's efforts and spitting in each other 's beer . |
| 25 | He came down from his native Yorkshire — Halifax in his case — along with fast bowler Frank McHugh in 1952 to join Gloucestershire . |
| 26 | And at the same time the racing of her blood was only partly fear , and she could see that he knew it , that he had discovered this power and tuned it to performance pitch , that the insults were a kind of invitation , the display of force a plea turned upside down , and she also wanted , because she longed to please , to take off her clothes then and there and let him down from his prideful pose , and soothe him with her obedience to his rage . |
| 27 | Down from his stocked shelves he took Shirley and The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists . |
| 28 | And whereas with departmental approach we may have been satisfied with the ability to do extracts down from our corporate mainframe systems in the enterprise approach we 'll look for proper and full integration of the mainframe as an integral part of the environment . |
| 29 | Are there fatty flaps ( ‘ bat wings ’ ) hanging down from your upper arm ? |
| 30 | And then bring a little line coming down from your right hand side . |