Example sentences of "and look down [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 None came and still under the drug 's influence at dawn , he found himself looking out from the top of a forty-foot tree — he had no memory of climbing it — and looking down on a vast meadow , flecked with patterns of multi-coloured light and rocks which turned into horses , all of which filled him with ‘ tremendous emotions ’ .
2 When father and son were alone David stood warming his hands at the brazier , and looking down with a clouded face into the red glow .
3 ‘ I 'm glad for you , ’ Jenna snapped , standing and looking down at the angry face .
4 Head towards Gennargentu and look down over the vast , untamed terrain where sheep graze among herbs and shrubs .
5 There is a row of stout wooden rods supporting a handrail which runs along the edge of the gallery , allowing the adventurers to lean on it and look down into the Black Pit ( which they wo n't immediately be able to see , of course ) .
6 I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below .
7 And look down at the lumpy , single bed .
8 At the end of this road , walk a short way over the grassy hillside and look down on the turquoise waters of the bay ( Baia de Abra ) .
9 ‘ 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 .
10 He could hear her barking and looked down over the steep side of the embankment to the bottom of the trees .
11 He pulled off his mask and looked down into the open conning tower .
12 He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child .
13 Yanto jumped on to a large flat rock , still trying to keep his boots dry , and looked down at the huge mud covered object .
14 He went to the long table in the centre of the room and looked down at the detailed map spread out across its surface .
15 He held both her hands in his and looked down at the pale blur of her face .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
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