Example sentences of "[v-ing] down from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth , looking down from the upper deck , her hand clasped around Anna 's , lifted her clear soprano voice with the rest , though it was difficult to sing because of the tight aching in her throat and the tears which pricked at her eyes . |
| 2 | The Gardon was so full of silt ( plus the occasional dead sheep or cow ) that looking down from the third floor of the Pont du Gard it looked more like a flow of molasses than a river . |
| 3 | He was peering down from the leaning tower of Pisa like Galileo testing his theory of gravity . |
| 4 | It will require a miracle for Bedford to retain their status , even allowing for their few plus points — a top New Zealand coach , the arrival of a useful looking New Zealand scrum-half , and the fact that if the three national divisions are expanded , as proposed , next season , only one team will be going down from the First Division . |
| 5 | One can distinguish a typical trajectory — shown moving down from the upper left of the figure — as married couples reach the statutory retirement-age . |
| 6 | Lymphangitis in filariasis is classically retrograde , spreading down from the irritating worm . |
| 7 | The Macaber , the hooded , skeletal apparition , coming down from the Black Tower to dance amongst the plague-ridden townships of the Middle Ages , leading them in the dread danse macabre , forcing them to dance with him until they dropped … |
| 8 | We passed like wraiths gripping our anoraks against a colder night wind coming down from the deep indigo silhouetted mountains . |
| 9 | With hands in sleeves , the old man looked extremely Oriental , long moustaches curving down from the upper lip . |