Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] down at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error .
2 Newspapers love a good disaster , and a wedding where the bridegroom 's trousers fell down at the altar would stand a far better chance of being reported than one that went without a hitch .
3 If you follow the principles laid down at the beginning of this feature then you should have no problem .
4 She had talked of a sex scene when she was on Wogan , but he assumed it would be something more romantic — a magnolia bud of a tit peeping from beneath bed linen as she held out her arms to her lover and the lights went down at the end of the play .
5 Luigi looked down at the teddy-boy .
6 The hydraulics gave out their whine as he joined other crew members staring down at the scene below and half a mile back .
7 Both men sat down at the table .
8 The singer later needed his prop when the rains came down at the band 's sell-out ‘ Finstock ’ gig .
9 It was not too large and dimly lit , candles flickering down at the altar , the Virgin in a chapel to one side .
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