Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] down at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looks down at the figure slumped in the chair , sees the skull under the frail skin which hangs loosely from the bone , at once tight and yet with too much of it , the bony fingers picking at the fringes of the rug . |
| 2 | " Andrew is a very complex character as a man , but when he 's composing , he 's just like anybody else — he sits down at the piano looking for the tune , " explains Black . |
| 3 | if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem . |
| 4 | He looks down at the table , smiling , and draws a face by running his finger through a ring of beer . |
| 5 | He looks down at the fag packet and taps it round another couple of revolutions on the table . |
| 6 | He glances down at the table , as if the answer might be written on a beer mat . |