The Conservatives have slipped by one point to 34%.
Quotations from his books slipped into our daily speech whenever we wanted to appear clever: "Those were days when men were men"; "When a handshake goes beyond the elbow, then it has become something else".
The chance to go top had slipped through their fingers, a reminder not to get too carried away.
And it's just slipped in – people think this is the way it works".
Doctor Who, which topped the festive iPlayer charts for the last two years, slipped to ninth spot with 1m requests during a nine-day period over Christmas, according to figures published by the BBC on Wednesday.
A 3-0 defeat at home against rivals Dundee was one of four defeats between the trip to Romania and prior to the New Year, as the team slipped five points behind leaders Celtic (in the days of two points for a win) and also dropped below Rangers into third.
He has hinted there may still be a story to tell about that and said in an interview with Lu Martín in El País in 2012, that his mindset momentarily changed, something slipped and it saddened him.
Moments later, Bywater appeared to have an easy collect from a Reading corner but the goalkeeper caught only air, and fortunately for him and his side, the ball slipped away to safety.
After recent rises, gold and silver prices slipped back, leaving Randgold Resources 204p lower at £46.27 and Mexican precious metals miner Fresnillo down 33p at 852p.
"We're disappointed because it slipped away from us at home," he said.
Instead of becoming Britain's Pinochet, he slipped quietly into retirement, and in 1977 he became the first member of the royal family to appear on This Is Your Life.
