Example sentences of "[vb past] down at the [noun] " 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 London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings .
7 She gazed down at the floor despondently .
8 Gina gazed down at the map unseeingly , her mind preoccupied with the unhappy little scene in her own living-room .
9 He walked up the hill near the farm and then reaching the summit gazed down at the farmhouse .
10 We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats .
11 Her mother knelt down at the fireplace and lifted the iron grill from the front of the fireplace .
12 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 .
13 Once inside the house , Hari lit the candle and sank down at the table , her eyes heavy with tiredness and unshed tears .
14 The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg .
15 Teetering on the sheer cliff , Tallis peered down at the river .
16 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 .
17 Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor .
18 The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip .
19 Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel .
20 Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings .
21 Small mesh stiff netting from the garden centre , suitably stretched and weighed down at the edges is another method .
22 Brushing a shaky , tired hand through her tangled blonde hair , she squinted down at the watch on her wrist .
23 Her father squinted down at the page but she banged the book shut and slid it back on the shelf .
24 The singer later needed his prop when the rains came down at the band 's sell-out ‘ Finstock ’ gig .
25 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 .
26 Rocky nodded down at the girl between them .
27 She closed her eyes , sighed , frowned down at the table where the ash lay like his spoor .
28 ‘ He was going to hit you , ’ she said , and her mouth turned down at the corners .
29 The marquis 's lips turned down at the corners .
30 ‘ We got rid of an old woman and replaced him with a younger one , ’ Fergus said , mouth turned down at the corners , staring over his whisky tumbler and across the room to where his wife was talking to Antonia .
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