Example sentences of "down from [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When they got through into Lenin Square , the leadership of the republic climbed down from their viewing podium and ran off . |
| 2 | The sweat was running down from his hair line and trickling into his eyes . |
| 3 | While the men put them on , he led the fishing-line down from his marlin rod lashed to the after port stay . |
| 4 | The reorganisation of the CNRS and other bodies is one facet of a major principle behind the government strategy : the researcher must be tempted down from his ivory tower to talk to industry and think about the needs of the real world . |
| 5 | As of today Clint is coming down from my kitchen wall and Gazza Gascoigne is going up . |
| 6 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 7 | A correspondent , Victor Coughtrecy , wrote in to demand that ‘ you really must climb down from your ivory tower and admit that you ( and I ) represent a tiny minority of intellectual misfits … |