Example sentences of "[vb past] down at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spencer Tracy lookalike beamed down at the Anti-Rex . |
| 2 | They gazed down at the innocent football being kicked back and forth against the wall outside , the thwack of the ball booming in the street amongst the traffic noise . |
| 3 | Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure . |
| 4 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 5 | In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow . |
| 6 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 7 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
| 8 | Witcher gaped down at the smoking hob in his chest . |
| 9 | Jonathan gaped down at the neat little hole in his chest . |
| 10 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 11 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 12 | Then she paused and peered down at the writhing thread . |
| 13 | MacAirth squinted down at the wine-stained table and muttered to himself . |
| 14 | Corbett squinted down at the faded blue-green ink . |
| 15 | The little plane came down at the old airport , south of the town . |
| 16 | She gestured down at the pale lilac , close-fitting , long-sleeved light wool jersey dress she was wearing . |
| 17 | Ashley frowned down at the little boy . |
| 18 | Melissa glanced down at the powerful fingers with the powdering of sawdust round the nails and then up into the fierce black eyes , and her heart began to thump . |
| 19 | Then she paused and lifted the pillow and glanced down at the offending garments . |
| 20 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 21 | Rex glanced down at the billfold and then back to the screen . |
| 22 | Tom stopped at the corner of the small road near the corset shop and glanced down at the tiny alleyway where the artist 's shop stood . |
| 23 | As they reached the door she glanced down at the small flower bed which gardeners in the congregation were trying to cultivate with more optimism than success in the unrewarding soil at the side of the path . |
| 24 | He glanced down at the mechanical bird caged at his feet . |
| 25 | Turning her head towards him , Laura glanced down at the rumped sheets on the mattress beside her . |
| 26 | But even then , when she was standing upright beside him , he made no attempt to release her hand and Rachel was only too aware of his appraising glance as he glanced down at the wet jade swimsuit tightly moulded to her slight , almost boyish figure before abruptly she snatched her hand away and walked quickly to the changing-rooms . |
| 27 | She glanced down at the empty hearth , where the crumpled page had fallen and partly unfurled . |
| 28 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 29 | Hoisting the child on to her hip , Caroline glanced down at the short , figure-skimming creation , deceptively simple with its low sweetheart neckline and floaty cap sleeves . |
| 30 | Paige glanced down at the steaming billy that she had balanced over two rocks . |