Example sentences of "[adv] down at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't care ! ’ she told him rebelliously , scowling unhappily down at the small amount of red wine still in her glass . |
| 2 | ‘ You see — we did n't wake the children , after all , ’ Ross drawled , his eyes glinting with amusement as he gazed warmly down at the soft figure in his arms . |
| 3 | He looked thoughtfully down at the white box , Mo 's coffin . |
| 4 | Thomas was motor-crazy , she thought , gazing fondly down at the small dungareed figure . |
| 5 | Which means , ’ he added , glancing quickly down at the slim gold watch on his wrist , ‘ I want you to pack a suitcase as quickly as possible , because we have very little time in which to catch the plane . ’ |
| 6 | Karen looked sullenly down at the crazy paving , where a small ant was wending its way homeward with part of a dead butterfly on its back . |
| 7 | She stared unseeingly down at the red stain on the Chester 's blue and green flowered fabric , then gathered her wits to dab at it slowly with her heavy cream damask napkin she took from the table . |
| 8 | Glancing disparagingly down at the mismatched clothing , his mouth twisted . |
| 9 | I 'm , well I work part-time down at the local library . |
| 10 | He gazed briefly down at the new baby , pink in its cradle ; and said nothing . |
| 11 | Afterwards , incongruously dressed in a raincoat , she went to the bows and stared briefly down at the mesmerising onrush of sea where it split and foamed at Wavebreaker 's cutwater . |
| 12 | Then Saturday morning she 'd load up again and start off round down at the round Mill Corner along the Piste for the and back and then across to the where you come from Ely and all those houses along there and she 'd get home about one o'clock from there . |