Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] down at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rocky nodded down at the girl between them . |
| 2 | Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk . |
| 3 | Hennessy looked down at the slip of paper that he was being offered . |
| 4 | Someone 's brother , baby son , or lover he thought and now he was gone : Corbett looked down at the corpse and felt the futility of the death . |
| 5 | Crossley looked down at the corpse , the breeze bringing the stench of blood and excrement to his nostrils . |
| 6 | Grandson Richard stared down at the nome on his shoulder . |
| 7 | Jinkwa stared down at the creature 's ugly face . |
| 8 | Little Amaru looked down at the street and kicked a can with his red gumboots . |
| 9 | The mysterious figure stared down at the tomb and then turned . |
| 10 | Travis looked down at the jade . |
| 11 | Neil sat down at the table and placed his newspaper on its gaudy oilcloth cover . |
| 12 | Teetering on the sheer cliff , Tallis peered down at the river . |
| 13 | The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly . |
| 14 | Ruth looked down at the pool , remembering its silken coolness ; then a pang of horror came . |
| 15 | Rincewind looked down at the iconograph , still hanging around his neck . |
| 16 | The boy stared down at the doctor for a few seconds . |
| 17 | Chen looked down at the hand that had grasped his own so firmly . |
| 18 | Lord Hulton looked down at the animal which had just stopped breathing . |
| 19 | Tallis stared down at the shard of the ruined statue and with a thrill of pleasure realized that she did : an image of the female in the land . |
| 20 | Rincewind stared down at the box . |
| 21 | Sharpe stared down at the map . |
| 22 | Kim looked down at the carpet . |
| 23 | DeVore looked down at the desk . |
| 24 | DeVore looked down at the hand that held his own . |
| 25 | Rilla looked down at the floor and said nothing . |
| 26 | He fumbled with the microphone while the girl sat down at the rear , the bag in her lap . |
| 27 | The dog leaped at the closest man who , encumbered with carbine and sword , could not cut down at the beast , then Sharpe 's mare slammed into the Frenchman 's horse and the big sword slashed down at the Dragoon . |
| 28 | Glen glanced down at the sergeant struggling to get up while clutching his aching groin . |
| 29 | Endill looked down at the sea . |
| 30 | Andra looked down at the concoction in the dusty glass in front of him . |