Example sentences of "[vb past] down at the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 2 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 3 | Yanto was aware of the wind in his face as the instructor glanced down at the flag man again . |
| 4 | I glanced down at the lissom length of her spine . |
| 5 | I settled down at the kitchen table with a jug of fresh orange juice , a bowl of fruit at my elbow , and the newspapers before me . |
| 6 | She went into the living room where she settled down at the dining table to mark compositions . |
| 7 | Then she settled down at the dining-room table with her book purchases , which she had picked at random from the shelves of Tollemarche 's only book store and from the racks of one of the cigar stores . |
| 8 | She slowed down at the traffic lights by Sloane Street . |
| 9 | He stared down at the Hoflin farm , then clumped back to the car . |
| 10 | Then he walked over to the window and stared down at the chess board . |
| 11 | Athelstan went over to the window and stared down at the chess table . |
| 12 | Benjamin stared down at the table top . |
| 13 | Christine stared down at the executive transporter bay from an observation gallery thirty metres above the floor . |
| 14 | He looked down at the river bed below him . |
| 15 | She looked down at the computer screen . |
| 16 | Mr Smith , a man of about forty with large soft bags under his eyes , leant over his paper-strewn desk and looked down at the No-Nonsense pen he was fiddling with , Steven watched the pen . |
| 17 | He looked down at the jogger casuals she wore , then nodded approval . |
| 18 | She moved to the window , looked down at the wasteland garden . |
| 19 | Now he looked down at the table top , then sideways at his colleagues and back at Cameron . |
| 20 | Penelope sat down at the dressing table and tried to do something to her hair . |
| 21 | After walking round the dining-room with my memories I sat down at the stone table . |
| 22 | She went and sat down at the stone table and Jack sank down opposite her . |
| 23 | He began to walk towards the Monument in the glare of the headlights , then he sat down at the stone table and beckoned . |
| 24 | His Dad sat down at the kitchen table with the paper . |
| 25 | He sat down at the kitchen table and picked up the hacksaw . |
| 26 | She slammed the boot down , with a cry of ‘ God Almighty ! ’ and ran indoors , where she sat down at the kitchen table and beat her fists against the wood , with anger , with frustration , with a sudden , desperate concern for Nick . |
| 27 | When they sat down at the kitchen table , Emily perched on the edge of her chair , and her hands were never still . |
| 28 | ‘ Bob 's got his girl-friend staying with him , ’ he said to Jannie , still grinning , as he sat down at the kitchen table and sipped absently at the cup of coffee which had appeared there . |
| 29 | ‘ I never expected to see you — or anyone else — up here this morning , ’ Seb admitted honestly as he sat down at the kitchen table . |
| 30 | When she had finished , she sat down at the kitchen table with the envelope Tracey had given her the night before . |