Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] at the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was looking down at the two children , her face animated as she turned the page of the book on her lap . |
| 2 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 3 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 4 | She drew away to the balcony over the lobby , feeling incapable , looking down at the bawling men in dinner jackets far below and the women with stiff hair . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's him , ’ said Sergeant Comstock , looking down at the slow rivulets of storm-water trickling down out of clothing and hair to wind their way thankfully through the grass back to the river . |
| 6 | Tabitha Jute stood , swaying slightly , at the window of Marco Metz 's penthouse flat , looking down at the determined remnants of the Schiaparelli carnival . |
| 7 | ‘ What the hell has Marissa got to do with any of this ? ’ he demanded brusquely , frowning down at the flushed cheeks of the girl sitting on the sofa . |
| 8 | She shivered as she thought of the creature who might even now be stalking the velvet blackness outside , looking up at the lighted windows , deciding whether or not to break in . |
| 9 | He was kneeling by a pool , looking up at the towering trees that surrounded him — quiet , intent , somehow unsurprised . |
| 10 | She had seen him in the little town so immersed in looking up at the old buildings , that he ran into a lamppost . |
| 11 | You could see the prisoners looking back at the two bodies in the centre of the carnage ; there was a lot of blood now , spreading in pools . |
| 12 | I was on my third cup of coffee and looking around at the other coolies when I saw a familiar blue overcoat coming through the door from the street . |
| 13 | ‘ Poor things , ’ I thought , looking around at the other passengers and feeling superior . |
| 14 | I mean if you , you 're the burglar now and you 're planning to break in a house , and you 're looking around at the different houses and you 're trying to , one of the many things you 're trying to do is to establish whether they 're in or out . |
| 15 | And in fact prices would seem now to be levelling off somewhat throughout the country , slowing down in the North and levelling off at the current levels in the South . |
| 16 | I was able to meet some of the leading Indian academic figures in English and Linguistics , and at the same time to find out what was going on at the lower levels of teaching in Universities and affiliated Colleges . |
| 17 | As the sun begins to set , I drive along Vermont gazing up at the eerie silhouettes of young Korean men armed with M-16s , machine pistols and infra-red binoculars . |
| 18 | I was dragged out of the cave , through the waterfall , to lie on my back gazing up at the fast-moving clouds in the blue sky ; and I thought to myself , Those clouds are free , just as I was until now . |
| 19 | The electronic strains of a synthesized choir could be heard above the rumbling exhausts and Harry , gazing out at the tinsel-hung shopfronts , wondered if it was this jangling ubiquity of Christmas spirit which made his fellow men and women seem so dismally ignoble . |
| 20 | The gulls were in good voice , however , soaring and shrieking overhead in a fickle , shifting breeze , and Harry was surprised how contented if not downright happy he felt , sitting in the shelter nearest the clock and gazing out at the white horses in the bay . |
| 21 | The islands were well-known for their beauty to the passengers of the steamships passing up and down the Straits , but few of those who leant on their ship 's rail on sultry moonlit evenings , gazing out at the serene islands could ever have conceived that they were to be the site of some of the most catastrophic events that the world has ever seen . |
| 22 | The coroner sat with lips pursed , staring down at the empty platters and dishes as if wishing the food he had devoured would magically reappear . |
| 23 | He sat , slumped back , chin on chest , staring down at the intricate patterns of the carpet , in a seemingly unbreakable silence . |
| 24 | And Clara , overcome by the wonderful , felicitous acceptability of his offer , an offer so familiar to her , so marvellously manageable , trembled only most slightly as she said , staring down at the limp arrangements of her hands , " Oui , surement . " |
| 25 | Julia lay against the hard , red velvet back of the bench , staring up at the painted walls around her . |
| 26 | In the first car Sarah sat dry-eyed , staring out at the passing roads . |
| 27 | The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey . |
| 28 | His astonished gaze was fixed on the second familiar face staring out at the public floggings from amid the crowd of frightened coolies on the first truck , a face he had n't seen for even longer — that of his own father ! |
| 29 | She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely . |
| 30 | Which was n't saying much , she 'd thought gloomily , glancing down at the brief scraps of material . |