Example sentences of "be looking down [art] " in BNC.

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1 But if you 're looking down a back entry or something , you ca n't always be there .
2 I 'm looking down the garden that 's lovely !
3 His feet are wide apart , legs straight , and his head is looking down the pitch over the left shoulder .
4 Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later .
5 Whoever suggested the grandiose title and subtitle of this book was looking down the wrong end of a microscope .
6 Instead I was looking down the quay to where a pathetically thin girl was walking beside a smartly dressed woman .
7 And then the whole thing swivelled round in my head , and I was looking down the same chimney from the top , and nothing was about to stop me falling down it .
8 He folded it open at a page of stocks and shares , and as he was looking down the lists he gave the man two dollars .
9 Lady Maude was looking down the hall , obviously looking out for her husband .
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