Example sentences of "staring down [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sat with his arms folded , staring down at the fancy tablecloth and when he did speak again he was so quiet that they could hardly hear him , so they had to listen seriously — even Sean and Michael , who were never , or rarely serious . |
| 2 | Staring down at the dark head bent over his work , Laura had found herself swept by diametrically opposed emotions . |
| 3 | She was staring down at the undulating ground . |
| 4 | Cameron floundered , staring down at the checked tablecloth , drinking from his glass , checking hers . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , I do realise that , ’ she muttered , staring down at the brown liquid in the cup . |
| 6 | More tequila arrived and Rodriguez sat there staring down at the yellow-green liquid in his glass . |
| 7 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
| 8 | For those of us staring down into the yawning chasm of the generation gap it really is n't so bad , you know . |
| 9 | Philip ap Ivor stood staring down into the blank cavity for a long moment with drawn brows and tight lips . |