Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] down at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 2 | Ellie said nothing , deciding to stare down at the polished wood floor instead . |
| 3 | In the classical theory of general relativity one can not predict how the universe would have begun because all the known laws of science would have broken down at the big bang singularity . |
| 4 | He added : ‘ Looking back , I feel that relationships between me and the team started to break down at the Hungarian Grand Prix . ’ |
| 5 | János Hunyadi was regent of Hungary during the minority of King Ladislas V , but had to step down at the very moment of the fall of Constantinople when Ladislas came of age . |
| 6 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 7 | They both stood looking down at the poor sufferer , neither speaking . |
| 8 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 9 | David sat looking down at the empty wine glass that he was turning round and round between his hands . |
| 10 | 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 . |