Example sentences of "he look down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder Uncle Mick grinned as he looked down on the nearly-elegant sitting-room . |
| 2 | In the dying firelight he looked down on the sleeping face of Joe the Fish . |
| 3 | He looked down on the pretty garden and saw the two of them snoring there , their front claws tucked neatly under their chins which rested on silk cushions and their tails dipped tidily into the pond whose waters did not stir enough to move their dreams to wildness . |
| 4 | He looked down on the bent head , but there was no response from Millie . |
| 5 | A sense of gloom blanketed his thought as he looked down to the dark water and heard the hiss of it rushing over the invisible weir ahead of him . |
| 6 | ‘ Moje milá , ’ he gently breathed , and , pulling a little away from her , he looked down to the naked swollen pink-tipped breasts he had uncovered . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | he looked down at the two hands locked onto his arm and then at the small man hurrying on ahead , and realized that he still had his chaperons , and once again they were not of his own choosing … |
| 9 | ‘ They tell me betting-shops are littered with torn-up betting-slips , ’ said Morse , as he looked down at the two pink slips that Ashenden had handed to him . |
| 10 | He looked down at the yawning drop below . |
| 11 | He looked down at the other hand neatly folded in his lap . |
| 12 | He looked down at the foul mess before him . |
| 13 | He looked down at the shining pate of the man behind the desk who was leafing through a file . |
| 14 | Tiptoeing over to the crib , he looked down at the red wrinkled face of the sleeping child . |
| 15 | He looked down at the recumbent thief . |
| 16 | Then the thought eddied away again out of the grasp of his mind ; he looked down at the subservient curve of the boy 's back , found his rhythm again , pumped , and came . |
| 17 | He looked down at the drenched figures of the boy and dog . |
| 18 | The next morning , at breakfast , he looked down at the little girl sitting in her baby chair . |
| 19 | He looked down at the little bird beside him . |
| 20 | He looked down at the copious notes in front of him and cleared his throat again . |
| 21 | Then he looked down at the enormous cake . |