Example sentences of "[adv] down at the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't care ! ’ she told him rebelliously , scowling unhappily down at the small amount of red wine still in her glass . |
2 | ‘ You see — we did n't wake the children , after all , ’ Ross drawled , his eyes glinting with amusement as he gazed warmly down at the soft figure in his arms . |
3 | He looked thoughtfully down at the white box , Mo 's coffin . |
4 | Thomas was motor-crazy , she thought , gazing fondly down at the small dungareed figure . |
5 | Standing in front of him , she glared disagreeably down at the tousled brown hair . |
6 | She blinked and looked demurely down at the grey and red carpet which squelched across the floor like a rabbit that had been run over by a lorry . |
7 | Which means , ’ he added , glancing quickly down at the slim gold watch on his wrist , ‘ I want you to pack a suitcase as quickly as possible , because we have very little time in which to catch the plane . ’ |
8 | When they 're doing that others will be collating the information and hopefully er , the television cameras , B B C have expressed an interest in coming down and so have the newspapers to actually do erm some sort of documentary on that , and put a display up in the school and also down at the Royal Quays just linked to us . |
9 | Not handsome , but nice-looking in a way I had usually rather deprecated , if not despised : not the lean and craggy looks that I had always admired , but a blunt-featured face with a wide mouth , dark eyes tilted slightly down at the outer corners , and an untidy thatch of brown hair of which a couple of locks fell over a broad forehead , and were from time to time irritably brushed back . |
10 | Karen looked sullenly down at the crazy paving , where a small ant was wending its way homeward with part of a dead butterfly on its back . |
11 | She stared unseeingly down at the red stain on the Chester 's blue and green flowered fabric , then gathered her wits to dab at it slowly with her heavy cream damask napkin she took from the table . |
12 | Which is a four hundred yards and it was an inset , the top hard seam was ninety yards lower down at the four hundred and ninety yards to the And the High Hazel used to have an inset . |
13 | Glancing disparagingly down at the mismatched clothing , his mouth twisted . |
14 | I 'm , well I work part-time down at the local library . |
15 | Peter Farrell snapped , looking at Crossley then down at the injured James . |
16 | Continuing to stand with his back to her , he stared silently down at the muddy green waters of the River Thames for some moments , before turning slowly around to face her . |
17 | He turned away , apparently satisfied , then pushed the glasses back into his pocket , flashed the torch briefly down at the rough stones of the pier , and went away with long strides in the direction of the house . |
18 | He gazed briefly down at the new baby , pink in its cradle ; and said nothing . |
19 | Afterwards , incongruously dressed in a raincoat , she went to the bows and stared briefly down at the mesmerising onrush of sea where it split and foamed at Wavebreaker 's cutwater . |