Example sentences of "[verb] down at [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You look like a wood nymph , ’ he drawled , his grey eyes beneath their heavy , sleepy lids gazing down at her flushed cheeks with sardonic amusement . |
| 2 | For a moment , it could have been a second only , he sat rigidly gazing down at his clasped hands . |
| 3 | He beamed down at his own plate , then cast a glance of concern at hers , a plain grilled escalope with tomatoes . |
| 4 | When he lifted his head , gazed down at her stunned face , her bruised and swollen mouth , his measured gaze was brilliant with banked-down emotion . |
| 5 | He gazed down at her troubled face . |
| 6 | She looks down at her shopping-and-memo list , to find a nearer focus . |
| 7 | Alexandra prised herself reluctantly out of the chair and stood looking down at her Great Aunt . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I did n't think you would come , ’ she said , and laughed , not at all a confused laugh , but quiet , and at herself rather than at him , looking down at her cupped hands as she did so . |
| 9 | ‘ My dear Laura , ’ he drawled smoothly , looking down at her flushed cheeks , the blue eyes glinting with indignation , and her full lips trembling with rage and fury . |
| 10 | Looking down at her red shoes , she said , ‘ You 're right . |
| 11 | Jenna asked wearily , looking down at her clenched hands . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ murmured Julia , looking down at her baggy tweed coat and skimpy straight skirt . |
| 13 | Freeborn was looking down at his big toes with mild distaste as if they were errant members whose deficiencies had only now become apparent to him . |
| 14 | As he fed , and she sat looking down at his absorbed face and regularly pumping jaws , his eyes tight closed and his clenched fist resting lightly on her skin , she slid into the blissfully familiar peace of it , even enjoying the faint sense of shame that came with the pleasure . |
| 15 | She stood up , hating her own weakness , and he stepped forward so that he was directly in front of her , frowning down at her troubled face . |
| 16 | as if sensing that she had given up fighting him for the present , fitzAlan released her immediately , frowning down at her distraught face . |
| 17 | In fact , it sounds rather like the tone of a flat-out , old Fender Champ — not the kind of thing they 'd like to hear down at your local C&W club ! |
| 18 | Rachel jumped as though burnt , turning to stare down at his hard thigh , then saw the phone in his hand , her eyes shooting to his through her lashes . |
| 19 | got down at their own steam I suppose |
| 20 | She did n't see Travis lift his head to look down at her sleeping form , nor the strange little smile that twisted his lips before he lay down again , tucking her body closely into the warmth of his . |
| 21 | By then some of the hurt had lessened and he was able to look down at her scrawly handwriting and think : so she made it . |
| 22 | Isabel glanced down at her injured finger . |
| 23 | Roman glanced down at her still figure , his face in shadow . |
| 24 | Jessamy glanced down at her paint-stained jeans . |
| 25 | He glanced down at her flushed face in its frame of wild hair . |
| 26 | Alain looked more grim than ever , but his looks softened as he glanced down at her white face . |
| 27 | She glanced down at her magnificent dress and the rich emerald jewellery glistening on her hands and throat , her mother 's favourite gems . |
| 28 | Edouard glanced down at his thin gold de Chavigny watch . |
| 29 | He glanced down at his thick cock , which was standing up like a telegraph pole . |
| 30 | Jean-Paul glanced down at his own suit , which was too tight for him , and damned uncomfortable . |