It has been just under six years since the characters started slipping away.

As science fiction fans became professional writers, they started slipping the names of their friends into stories.

I don't know if it's the pressure or what, but teams start slipping.

Slowly, she started slipping the buttons at the side of her red leather outfit.

Sales peaked at almost two million but started slipping towards the end of the decade when the decision was taken to close the magazine down.

No matter how happy Tantris seemed, people started slipping away from the band under cover of night.

That's probably where it all starts, where the rules start slipping.

He's got a firm grip on them, yes, but they're about to start slipping away, and he doesn't know what to do.

His judgment would start slipping if he stayed awake much longer.

The Mets had 1969 and the championship, but that started slipping.