Example sentences of "stood [verb] down at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cley rose to his feet and stood gazing down at the councillor . |
| 2 | Joanna rushed off and Sophie stood looking down at the telephone . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He did not touch , but stood looking down at the page . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ! ’ |
| 7 | He strode over to the door and stood looking down at the handle , shaking his head sadly . |
| 8 | 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 . |