Example sentences of "[v-ing] down at [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alexandra prised herself reluctantly out of the chair and stood looking down at her Great Aunt . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ murmured Julia , looking down at her baggy tweed coat and skimpy straight skirt . |
| 3 | As he fed , and she sat looking down at his absorbed face and regularly pumping jaws , his eyes tight closed and his clenched fist resting lightly on her skin , she slid into the blissfully familiar peace of it , even enjoying the faint sense of shame that came with the pleasure . |
| 4 | She stood up , hating her own weakness , and he stepped forward so that he was directly in front of her , frowning down at her troubled face . |
| 5 | as if sensing that she had given up fighting him for the present , fitzAlan released her immediately , frowning down at her distraught face . |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps I should n't dress up at all , ’ Belinda responded , glancing down at her pink linen trousers and cream blouse . |
| 7 | ‘ I need to be thin , to do justice to Monsieur Félix 's clothes , ’ Alice said , glancing down at her low-waisted frock of indigo-blue jersey . |
| 8 | Within an hour of sitting down at my old desk , reading through my old files and shouting at my not so old secretary I felt as if I 'd been away from work for maybe just a week 's holiday . |
| 9 | ‘ See , I wo n't harm you , ’ he said , smiling down at her bemused face . |