Example sentences of "looked down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she looked down through the glass skylight and recognised in Maggie 's cropped hair and long white body the same contours that she had seen in that other virgin warrior whom she had inspired into battle . |
| 2 | She looked down through the wards where the festive celebrations had momentarily stopped . |
| 3 | As they went up , he looked down through the skeleton of the wheel with its spindly metal bones . |
| 4 | Meg looked down through the trees . |
| 5 | ‘ I wish I were you , ’ Alexandra said , ‘ I wish I were a mouse , ’ and then , drawn inexorably , she leaned forward across the table and looked down through the closed window at her mother 's upturned face below . |
| 6 | He went to where he 'd seen him by the fence and looked down towards the woodpile . |
| 7 | I looked down towards the end of the straight . |
| 8 | Charles raised his head above the line of the rock and looked down towards the hut . |
| 9 | You 'd better know now that I 've always avoided every snare set out for me , even those hidden in lush undergrowth … ’ he caressed her hair lightly , his eyes sultry , and then looked down towards the swell of her breasts ‘ … and innocent-looking hills and valleys . ’ |
| 10 | On either side of him the warders looked down onto the other landings , watching for any signs of unrest amongst those below . |
| 11 | He stood at a window and looked down over the trees , where rooks were crossing sticks in a light sway of air . |
| 12 | He could hear her barking and looked down over the steep side of the embankment to the bottom of the trees . |
| 13 | From the train we looked down over the clutter of the rooftops , things broken , things abandoned , things stored and forgotten : broken water-jugs , wheel-less bicycles , rolls of rush matting . |
| 14 | Climbing up on to a high bastion , I looked down over the shimmering interior of the fort and thought of the words that must once have been a set text for the cavalrymen stationed here : |
| 15 | We looked down over the police barrier at the upside-down Golf below us . |
| 16 | The privy was crude , a small recess in the wall with a latrine seat , just under a tiny , open , oval-shaped window which looked down over the green . |
| 17 | I stood at the window and looked down into the street . |
| 18 | I looked down into the hole . |
| 19 | When she looked down into the channel with Gazzer and saw Simon , water swilling round his waist , she could hardly believe that she was responsible . |
| 20 | Reginald remained in the middle of the room staring at the closed door for a moment ; then , his head making small jerks , he turned towards the fire and , leaning his elbow along the mantelshelf , he looked down into the dying embers . |
| 21 | Marian crossed to the stair and looked down into the chamber they had left . |
| 22 | He pulled off his mask and looked down into the open conning tower . |
| 23 | From there they crawled the last ten yards to the edge of a rise and looked down into the valley . |
| 24 | They looked down into the big disused quarry . |
| 25 | The baby was now cleaned up and Sarah looked down into the bluest eyes she had ever seen . |
| 26 | It did not look very neat , he had to admit , but unless the prospective buyer looked down into the cabinet the bodgery would not be discovered . |
| 27 | Outside on the terrace , at the point from where Francis used to dive , and made the dive that killed him , I looked down into the moon-flecked pool . |
| 28 | Shepherd moved closer and looked down into the viewer . |
| 29 | He looked down into the water , conscious of her image there in front of him . |
| 30 | She moved to the head of the stairs and looked down into the hallway , listening to his footsteps approaching the front door . |