Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] down at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the hardened faggots of Manhattan ( I fancied ) were gazing down at us with concern from their lofts and condos and thinking — we 're pretty brazen , God knows , but these guys , they 'll queer the whole pitch . |
| 2 | Were those dark eyes that were gazing down at her really Guido 's ? |
| 3 | Giant Hercules transport aircraft were touching down at Aldergrove Airport every few minutes . |
| 4 | All the time his eyes were laughing down at her and she suddenly flushed when she realised how she must look , lying there on the grass . |
| 5 | They were turned down at the one where they were married and christened because they 'd moved five miles outside the parish . |
| 6 | They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside . |
| 7 | Another few totters and another series of hasty hoppity-skips , and they were looking down at a ramshackle wooden building which sat in a hollow among yellow bushes of gorse . |
| 8 | The London theatres , which had for so long been a particular thorn in the side of Puritan moralists such as William Prynne , were closed down at the outbreak of the civil war and remained shut until the Restoration . |
| 9 | During one period 84 X 9 cwt. cartloads were brought down at 1/8 the ton … 37 tons 16 cwt. came to £3 : 3s . |
| 10 | Most of them are sandstones or limestones that were laid down at the bottom of the shallow seas that once covered this part of North America . |
| 11 | So some were staring down at you and others were well below your eye level , which meant that you were scanning for each piece rather than reading them as a series . |
| 12 | ‘ The bodies were cut down at 9am precisely and then the jury proceeded to the execution room to view the bodies . |
| 13 | Thousands of young volunteers , who had abandoned civilian safety to enlist in Kitchener 's great New Army , were cut down at the Somme , and their comrades disillusioned . |
| 14 | ‘ Coming sir , ’ they both trilled , and soon we were sitting down at the dining table in a corner of the living-room . |
| 15 | Last night , two Catholics were gunned down at a shop on the Stewartstown Road , west Belfast and one is believed to have been seriously wounded . |
| 16 | When she opened her eyes again , Jake 's were burning down at her . |
| 17 | She was gazing down at the town and smiling her private , remembering smile . |
| 18 | Guy was gazing down at her , an expression of such tenderness in his face that Isabel felt her heart shake . |
| 19 | Ruth blinked open her eyes and Fernando was gazing down at her , a new Fernando , one she did n't know any more . |
| 20 | Court Four of the Royal Courts of Justice in London was packed with judges and barristers to hear the support lent to Lord Lane , who announced in February that he was stepping down at the age of 73 , 18 months before the compulsory retirement age for judges . |
| 21 | He glanced from time to time out of the window , as if to see what was happening down at the jetty . |
| 22 | Ben was laughing down at her again . |
| 23 | He was looking down at the pavement outside the house . |
| 24 | She heard voices from behind the door ; then it opened and a tall burly man was looking down at her . |
| 25 | He was looking down at her , and seeing green and purple on her skin . |
| 26 | It must have been an automatic reaction because he was looking down at the motionless figure and shouting , ‘ Harriet ! ’ |
| 27 | He was looking down at her . |
| 28 | He was looking down at his plate and there was a tremor in his jaw as if each syllable was finding a nerve in a broken tooth . |
| 29 | Outside , Goldman was looking down at Schmidt as if he were standing on a cliff 's edge and peering at the drop . |
| 30 | She expected to see him gazing at Comfort with the admiration she deserved , but in fact he was looking down at Julia . |