Example sentences of "[vb past] down at the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure . |
| 2 | Jonathan gaped down at the neat little hole in his chest . |
| 3 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
| 4 | She stared down at the living dead face . |
| 5 | Chen pulled up sharply , almost thudding into Karr who stood there , his hands clenched at his sides , his great chest rising and falling heavily as he stared down at the three prone gangsters . |
| 6 | She stared down at the frothing white surf that slid past the ship 's side and fell into a reverie in which imaginings of her future life became mixed with memories of past days at Ballingolin . |
| 7 | I looked down at the four orange cards on the counter , lining them up evenly . |
| 8 | Then the wizard looked down at the six big coins in his hand . |
| 9 | She looked down at the two pink roses , the green spray of fern . |
| 10 | ‘ They tell me betting-shops are littered with torn-up betting-slips , ’ said Morse , as he looked down at the two pink slips that Ashenden had handed to him . |
| 11 | She looked down at the spotless white surface of the table . |
| 12 | She looked down at the bold black signature and the printed words below it : ‘ Damian Flint , Chairman . ’ |
| 13 | Dr Neil looked down at the bent blue-black head , and some idea of the enormous concession she was making to him struck home . |
| 14 | Tiptoeing over to the crib , he looked down at the red wrinkled face of the sleeping child . |
| 15 | Mitch sat down at the small round table in the corner . |
| 16 | Alexandra sat down at the huge scrubbed table at which she had watched twenty years of bread and pastry being made . |