Example sentences of "[v-ing] down at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And this year you 're crazy about Maria Luisa , ’ Ruth murmured , gazing down at the fingers she had been wringing till they were red and hot . |
| 2 | Alexei was looking down at the skirts of his coat . |
| 3 | But looking down at the words now , it did not appear so simple . |
| 4 | When they had gone , Maria glanced at Luke , but to her relief he was looking down at the photos Florian had left behind , his expression inscrutable . |
| 5 | Back to the edge of the island and there was already a crowd of people looking down at the rocks . |
| 6 | And the woman seemed in no hurry to close it and shut out the dangerous night ; she simply stood , looking down at the children and smiling . |
| 7 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
| 8 | Carrie looked at him and saw his mouth turning down at the corners . |
| 9 | His father was pointing down at the rocks . |
| 10 | She sat down on one of the red spoon-shaped chairs in the station foyer and placed her feet neatly together on the black and white tiles , staring down at the shoes Nurse Rose had so gushingly admired . |
| 11 | ‘ Humph … ’ the policeman grunted , staring down at the notes before him . |
| 12 | You lose their attention if you keep staring down at the papers in your hand . |
| 13 | Leaving her abruptly , he moved to the desk and stood staring down at the papers lying on it , his attitude so tense that Lucy felt compelled to go to his side . |
| 14 | The families gathered round in a circle , staring down at the remains of their menfolk . |
| 15 | No answer suggested itself , however , and after a minute or two he became aware that as these thoughts whirled through his mind he had been staring down at the grilles confining the Chinese coolie families . |