Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] down at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had sounded immensely sad as he spoke , and I wondered if the girl had meant more to him than being merely a casual friend , but I did not like to ask and Maggovertski was clearly disinclined to explain more , so I just stared down at the aerial chart , and I suddenly noticed , in an otherwise empty space beneath an intersection of two air corridors , the tiny island of Murder Cay . |
| 2 | Benjamin just stared down at the table , shaking his head . |
| 3 | But he said nothing , just sat down at the table , a pale-faced , freckled child , his school tie knotted to one side , and catching part of his collar . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's all cold , ’ she complains , then two minutes later she 's back eating it like she just sat down at the table . |
| 5 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 6 | A resigned silence congealed over the rows of people and the Reverend Archibald Menzies gripped the edges of the lectern , closed his eyes and raised his face to the ceiling , then looked down at the serried faces and spoke . |
| 7 | And for the first time , she got a response , for Isobel bobbed her head slightly and then looked down at the infant in the cot . |
| 8 | His eyes met Rosten 's , bright with gratitude , then looked down at the short sword . |
| 9 | ‘ If you do n't keep in that fall , I 'm stopping your sweets , ’ he said , and then looked down at the mass of Arthur on the ground . |
| 10 | ‘ See what I mean ? ’ he demanded of Laura , who gave me a quick , apologetic glance , then looked down at the table . |
| 11 | ‘ No more chocolate , thanks , ’ she said again , then stared down at the topaz surrounded by a cluster of diamonds which Vitor had slid on to the third finger of her left hand . |
| 12 | She glanced briefly at Twoflower , as one might look at a piece of furniture , then glared down at the man on the bed . |
| 13 | He poured the tea into a mug , added milk and sugar , then sat down at the table and began to eat and drink . |
| 14 | She hesitated and then sat down at the far end of one where a lone man was wholly immersed in a newspaper . |
| 15 | Carol gave him his tea then sat down at the table next to Plummer , who carried on eating . |