Example sentences of "and [vb past] down at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she paused and peered down at the writhing thread . |
| 2 | Tom stopped at the corner of the small road near the corset shop and glanced down at the tiny alleyway where the artist 's shop stood . |
| 3 | Then she paused and lifted the pillow and glanced down at the offending garments . |
| 4 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 5 | Yanto jumped on to a large flat rock , still trying to keep his boots dry , and looked down at the huge mud covered object . |
| 6 | He went to the long table in the centre of the room and looked down at the detailed map spread out across its surface . |
| 7 | He held both her hands in his and looked down at the pale blur of her face . |
| 8 | Guido ripped free the dangling drunken door like a man putting out of its misery a fatally wounded animal , and looked down at the broken pieces in his hand . |
| 9 | I lay on my bed with a computer magazine and , from time to time , went to the window and looked down at the darkened street . |
| 10 | When she got to the large graph that shows the state of the church-roof appeal , she stopped and looked down at the waiting crowds as if she was a victorious politician looking down on her compliant voters . |
| 11 | Someone kicked his washing-bag over and stared down at the spilled shirt sleeve , the maroon-edged handkerchief . |
| 12 | She collapsed on to the window-seat and stared down at the spectacular landscape spread out below . |
| 13 | When Coleby had gone , Peter leaned against the wall and stared down at the worn linoleum . |
| 14 | Gladys Brown clenched her hands and stared down at the bony knuckles . |
| 15 | We then removed the funeral cloths , lifted the gauze veils and stared down at the royal corpse . |
| 16 | Ruth trailed her fingers in the icy water and stared down at the weird rock formations below the surface of the crystal-clear water . |
| 17 | Bull O'Malley marched across the kitchen floor and glared down at the battered , apprehensive face . |
| 18 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
| 19 | He walked on to the stage and sat down at the big piano . |
| 20 | Donna hurried through into the kitchen and sat down at the wooden table , pulling the envelopes from her handbag . |