Example sentences of "stand [verb] down at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The Prince and McPhee had walked on to the top of the bank and were standing looking down at the river . |
2 | Marcus was standing looking down at the woman . |
3 | Cley rose to his feet and stood gazing down at the councillor . |
4 | Joanna rushed off and Sophie stood looking down at the telephone . |
5 | I stood looking down at the pavement below the payphone while Dennis padded across the wall-to-wall carpeting and called distantly to his wife . |
6 | He did not touch , but stood looking down at the page . |
7 | Turning up the collar of his Burberry against the chill morning air , he climbed up the slope to the rim of the hollow and stood looking down at the car . |
8 | And she stood looking down at the key in her hand , while she said to herself , ‘ Well , this seems to decide it , does n't it ? ’ and turning , she yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ |
9 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
10 | He strode over to the door and stood looking down at the handle , shaking his head sadly . |
11 | With a slight nod , Dora directed her glance towards the opposite side of the pool , where Dieter Erdle stood staring down at the water as if engrossed in his own reflection . |
12 | Leaving her abruptly , he moved to the desk and stood staring down at the papers lying on it , his attitude so tense that Lucy felt compelled to go to his side . |