Example sentences of "[vb -s] down at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Andrew is a very complex character as a man , but when he 's composing , he 's just like anybody else — he sits down at the piano looking for the tune , " explains Black . |
| 2 | if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem . |
| 3 | The laibon simply looks down at the floor of the boma . |
| 4 | These wide , panoramic views are usually extremely compatible , as Natassa combines views of two of the Tyne Bridges in one double shot ; looks down at the field pattern provided by the flagstones at the corner of the street ; looks back on-shore , from the water 's edge ; or concentres on old rotting timbers out to sea . |
| 5 | He looks down at the fag packet and taps it round another couple of revolutions on the table . |
| 6 | He looks down at the table , smiling , and draws a face by running his finger through a ring of beer . |
| 7 | She looks down at the figure slumped in the chair , sees the skull under the frail skin which hangs loosely from the bone , at once tight and yet with too much of it , the bony fingers picking at the fringes of the rug . |
| 8 | He glances down at the table , as if the answer might be written on a beer mat . |
| 9 | By the time the two week World Film Festival winds down at the beginning of September most of the cinephiles standing in the long queues at the box office have no idea what they 're waiting for ; they 'll watch anything that moves . |
| 10 | When that white light comes down at the end |