Example sentences of "[vb past] down at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you follow the principles laid down at the beginning of this feature then you should have no problem . |
| 2 | These leaves are beautifully preserved in a flat-bedded and very highly fissile shale , laid down at the bottom of a fresh water lake . |
| 3 | Just er we lived down at the bottom of the village there . |
| 4 | From his precarious position on an ice field , Charsky gazed down at the valley , so unutterably remote . |
| 5 | He gazed down at the bunker , head bent and quiet , as though paying his respects . |
| 6 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 7 | Gina gazed down at the map unseeingly , her mind preoccupied with the unhappy little scene in her own living-room . |
| 8 | He walked up the hill near the farm and then reaching the summit gazed down at the farmhouse . |
| 9 | Her mother knelt down at the fireplace and lifted the iron grill from the front of the fireplace . |
| 10 | When she returned to the kitchen , she sank down at the table and tried to eat a little of the food , conscious that Craig was watching her . |
| 11 | Once inside the house , Hari lit the candle and sank down at the table , her eyes heavy with tiredness and unshed tears . |
| 12 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 13 | Teetering on the sheer cliff , Tallis peered down at the river . |
| 14 | The grubby face of a young boy , not more than ten summers in age , peered down at the speaker through the tangled mass of overgrown shrubbery atop a high stone wall . |
| 15 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 16 | The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip . |
| 17 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 18 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 19 | Brushing a shaky , tired hand through her tangled blonde hair , she squinted down at the watch on her wrist . |
| 20 | Her father squinted down at the page but she banged the book shut and slid it back on the shelf . |
| 21 | The singer later needed his prop when the rains came down at the band 's sell-out ‘ Finstock ’ gig . |
| 22 | The dog leaped at the closest man who , encumbered with carbine and sword , could not cut down at the beast , then Sharpe 's mare slammed into the Frenchman 's horse and the big sword slashed down at the Dragoon . |
| 23 | Rocky nodded down at the girl between them . |
| 24 | She closed her eyes , sighed , frowned down at the table where the ash lay like his spoor . |
| 25 | I swung down at the bottom , deciding to go head first , face up , curling my back down into the soft river bed , praying … |
| 26 | The current President , Ali Hassan Mwinyi , was elected in October 1985 ( when legislative elections were also held ) after Tanzania 's first President , Julius Nyerere , stepped down at the end of his term of office . |
| 27 | Lee grinned down at the girl whose auburn head scarcely reached his shoulder . |
| 28 | Charlotte stepped into the hall and grinned down at the dog . |
| 29 | He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him . |