Example sentences of "looked down [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wish I were you , ’ Alexandra said , ‘ I wish I were a mouse , ’ and then , drawn inexorably , she leaned forward across the table and looked down through the closed window at her mother 's upturned face below . |
| 2 | On either side of him the warders looked down onto the other landings , watching for any signs of unrest amongst those below . |
| 3 | Climbing up on to a high bastion , I looked down over the shimmering interior of the fort and thought of the words that must once have been a set text for the cavalrymen stationed here : |
| 4 | He could hear her barking and looked down over the steep side of the embankment to the bottom of the trees . |
| 5 | Outside on the terrace , at the point from where Francis used to dive , and made the dive that killed him , I looked down into the moon-flecked pool . |
| 6 | Reginald remained in the middle of the room staring at the closed door for a moment ; then , his head making small jerks , he turned towards the fire and , leaning his elbow along the mantelshelf , he looked down into the dying embers . |
| 7 | Rain looked down into the steep cleft of another valley . |
| 8 | A sense of gloom blanketed his thought as he looked down to the dark water and heard the hiss of it rushing over the invisible weir ahead of him . |
| 9 | Yes well the , the question is that I notice in the assets that investments at cost were twenty five million , the present market value is twenty eight million , indeed since that 's been written it may even be more and when I looked down to the other side of the accounts , I noticed interest on capital of twelve hundred and four pounds and I wonder where the interest from the twenty eight million has gone to . |
| 10 | She looked down on a motionless gathering of Mercedes , BMWs , a Range Rover and the occasional Rolls . |
| 11 | Her window had been wide all night and as she got out of bed she looked down on the dusty heads of trees where sparrows were fussing . |
| 12 | In the dying firelight he looked down on the sleeping face of Joe the Fish . |
| 13 | Slipping into the bed Sarah looked down on the white-blonde head and felt the familiar tightening in her guts . |
| 14 | No wonder Uncle Mick grinned as he looked down on the nearly-elegant sitting-room . |
| 15 | He looked down on the bent head , but there was no response from Millie . |
| 16 | He looked down on the pretty garden and saw the two of them snoring there , their front claws tucked neatly under their chins which rested on silk cushions and their tails dipped tidily into the pond whose waters did not stir enough to move their dreams to wildness . |
| 17 | Holly stood beside a poorly dug hole and he looked down at a T-shaped junction of pipes and saw that the screw-fastened aperture that gave access to the pipe join and its subsidiary were swathed in doth and knotted around in plastic sheeting . |
| 18 | Dazed , I looked down at a little girl with wide , solemn eyes . |
| 19 | Ellen caught my eye , looked down at the ridiculous leaflet , and suddenly we both began to laugh helplessly . |
| 20 | He looked down at the foul mess before him . |
| 21 | She looked down at the front fastenings , then her fingers shook as they fumbled to button the jacket correctly . |
| 22 | She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle . |
| 23 | Sarah looked down at the sleeping infant and made some suitable comment , but her mind was occupied with Elizabeth 's obvious ill-health . |
| 24 | He looked down at the shining pate of the man behind the desk who was leafing through a file . |
| 25 | I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub . |
| 26 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 27 | Corbett looked down at the fearful remains of a young man who , the last time they had met , had been a vigorous young soldier interested in clearing his own name . |
| 28 | Shamlou looked down at the cowering woman in the hearth , the petrol-sodden gown clinging to her body . |
| 29 | She looked down at the broad flags of the terrace they were crossing . |
| 30 | He looked down at the other hand neatly folded in his lap . |