Example sentences of "[adv prt] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He walked up to the pram and looked down at the young child . |
| 32 | Lisa sighed in frustration and sat back in her armchair , scowling down at the flickering gas fire . |
| 33 | A more erudite musician — or courteous companion — you wo n't meet ; and I shall treasure for aye the memory of his sitting down at the grand piano in the front room of his Edinburgh town-house to demonstrate how two operations to his 95-year-old hands had not impaired his keyboard ability : what he then produced was some of the most sheerly beautiful bach playing I have ever heard . |
| 34 | Sophie looked down at the unconscious West Highland terrier and saw that his breathing was rapid and shallow . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | He returned to his room , sat down at the small table and wrote a letter : |
| 37 | Thomas was motor-crazy , she thought , gazing fondly down at the small dungareed figure . |
| 38 | ‘ I do n't care ! ’ she told him rebelliously , scowling unhappily down at the small amount of red wine still in her glass . |
| 39 | The others , grouped around him , stood in silence looking down at the stricken man . |
| 40 | Peering down at the faint blood trail staining the grass , he strode angrily away towards the jungle with his son at his heels . |
| 41 | Morse looked at her : looked at the piled-up hair above her wistful face ; looked down at the full and observably bra-less bosom ; looked down at the taut stretch of black stocking between the knee and the thigh of her crossed right leg . |
| 42 | Then she paused and lifted the pillow and glanced down at the offending garments . |
| 43 | She walked one last time down the rickety boardwalk in front of the cabins , and stood for a long time looking down at the sleeping lodge , the moody lake beyond it . |
| 44 | Sarah looked down at the sleeping infant and made some suitable comment , but her mind was occupied with Elizabeth 's obvious ill-health . |
| 45 | He turned away , apparently satisfied , then pushed the glasses back into his pocket , flashed the torch briefly down at the rough stones of the pier , and went away with long strides in the direction of the house . |
| 46 | She stared down at the disgusting mass as it came away in her hand for a moment and then she marched after him with pursed lips and a determined gleam in her eyes . |
| 47 | Glancing down at the torn card , she gave a little moue of apology . |
| 48 | I stand up there in the pulpit every Sunday mornin' looking down at the upturned faces searchin' for yours , but in vain . |
| 49 | Jess shivered , looking down at the upturned faces that stared at her with idle curiosity . |
| 50 | He looked down at the shining pate of the man behind the desk who was leafing through a file . |
| 51 | Not handsome , but nice-looking in a way I had usually rather deprecated , if not despised : not the lean and craggy looks that I had always admired , but a blunt-featured face with a wide mouth , dark eyes tilted slightly down at the outer corners , and an untidy thatch of brown hair of which a couple of locks fell over a broad forehead , and were from time to time irritably brushed back . |
| 52 | Robyn looked down at the black bin-liner in her hands , looked up to where he sat , registered the determined , quietly angry expression on his face and then looked at the fountain . |
| 53 | " You 're so lucky , you 're so lucky , " I murmured , staring down at the rocky Rockies or the Smokies or the Ropies through cloud-cover made of snow and contour tracing … |
| 54 | He gazed briefly down at the new baby , pink in its cradle ; and said nothing . |
| 55 | Soon , the spaceship left Earth , and everyone looked down at the burning planet . |
| 56 | Sales , 11 p.c. down at the interim stage , finished the year only 5 p.c. lower at I£292m . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle . |
| 59 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 60 | She collapsed on to the window-seat and stared down at the spectacular landscape spread out below . |