Example sentences of "[verb] down at the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings .
2 ‘ What 's going down at the Mimosa ? ’
3 Widely known for his anti-Maastricht politics , Fillon says that he wants to avoid ‘ getting bogged down at the EC level … whose cumbersome procedures put a damper on the research community ’ .
4 With the rain teeming down at the Manor , Italy seemed a long way off — too far for United .
5 He stared down at the Hoflin farm , then clumped back to the car .
6 Mr Smith , a man of about forty with large soft bags under his eyes , leant over his paper-strewn desk and looked down at the No-Nonsense pen he was fiddling with , Steven watched the pen .
7 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 .
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