Example sentences of "[verb] down at [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sit down at my desk and write a letter of accusations to Crilly . |
| 2 | Brandy , meat and bread and cheese were distributed and he rode round the encampment raising his hat in response to the men 's cheers and delivering an admirably concise address : ‘ My brave boys , we have one march more and then all our labour is at an end ; sit down at your tent doors and be alert to take up your arms . ’ |
| 3 | Sit down at your machine with a cassette player and knit , following Diane 's clear and helpful explanations and in just a few hours YOU will be the master of your machine ! |
| 4 | Very slowly , fitzAlan came back to her , gazing down at her face for a long moment . |
| 5 | Releasing her abruptly , fitzAlan pulled Isabel 's arms away from him and held them , gazing down at her face as if the sight of her tormented him beyond bearing and yet he still could not bring himself to look away . |
| 6 | ‘ Mum drunk ? ’ asked Camille , gazing down at her mother with apparently clinical detachment . |
| 7 | Gazing down at his wife as she glared up at him , tossing back her blonde hair in an imperious gesture , Ross was suddenly reminded of a proud , possessive lioness guarding her cubs . |
| 8 | He kept writing while holding a job as store 's manager at Ampleforth and still finds time to sit down at his word processor . |
| 9 | He sits down at his desk and opens his diary . |
| 10 | He watched , open-mouthed , as Donald beamed down at his Chicken Thallium . |
| 11 | He opened his eyes and gazed down at her face . |
| 12 | Mr Brown gazed down at his plate and nodded . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here . |
| 14 | Claire looks down at her brother . |
| 15 | She smiles slightly , and looks down at her hand as she runs a finger round the steel rim of the little marble-topped table . |
| 16 | Howard looks down at his plate , grinning , and pressing a few crumbs of cheese on to his fingers to nibble . |
| 17 | Quigley peered down at its bum . |
| 18 | At the same time as trying to knot the heavyish material he peered down at his stomach . |
| 19 | How many times have you sat down at your machine and thought ‘ I do n't think I can cope with this ’ and within the next five minutes all the knitting has been on the floor ? |
| 20 | Its Toraja driver had left the job to the attendants , and had sat down at our warong for a meal , when I witnessed a carelessly tossed cigarette-butt from a passing cyclist ignite the concrete floor surrounding the pump and the petrol-truck with flickering blue flames , like those on a Christmas pudding . |
| 21 | Have you ever been speaking to someone , perhaps an attractive member of the opposite sex , when , without thinking , you 've looked down at their mouth ? |
| 22 | Felicity shrugged it off , looking down at her notepad . |
| 23 | The sound of the distant chimes of Big Ben broke into her thoughts , and , on looking down at her watch , Laura gave a yelp of dismay . |
| 24 | ‘ Like this , ’ Stella said , looking down at her overall , and Dotty said clothes did n't matter , it was the inner person that counted . |
| 25 | The others talked around her and across her , as she sat looking down at her glass . |
| 26 | Rose continued looking down at her glass . |
| 27 | ‘ Imagine the receptionist looking down at her list of patients , and saying ‘ Mrs Brown please ’ . |
| 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 | Gerald stood , looking down at his father , his face expressionless . |
| 30 | ‘ I do , ’ Rory said , biting his lip and looking down at his glass . |