Example sentences of "[pers pn] looked down [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes well the , the question is that I notice in the assets that investments at cost were twenty five million , the present market value is twenty eight million , indeed since that 's been written it may even be more and when I looked down to the other side of the accounts , I noticed interest on capital of twelve hundred and four pounds and I wonder where the interest from the twenty eight million has gone to . |
| 2 | Outside on the terrace , at the point from where Francis used to dive , and made the dive that killed him , I looked down into the moon-flecked pool . |
| 3 | I looked down at the perfect rosebud lips , the determined chin and the tiny clenched fists of my cub . |
| 4 | I felt a lump in my throat as I looked down at the first grave , the Balmoral on the cross was torn at the front as if a piece of shrapnel had smashed its way through the badge and into the soldier 's head . |
| 5 | I looked down at the viscid mess and up to meet his dry smile . |
| 6 | I looked down at the four orange cards on the counter , lining them up evenly . |
| 7 | I looked down at the glistening pavements . |
| 8 | I looked down at the pretty patterns that streets do n't know they make . |
| 9 | Climbing up on to a high bastion , I looked down over the shimmering interior of the fort and thought of the words that must once have been a set text for the cavalrymen stationed here : |
| 10 | She looked down at the two pink roses , the green spray of fern . |
| 11 | She looked down at the broad flags of the terrace they were crossing . |
| 12 | She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support . |
| 13 | She looked down at the spotless white surface of the table . |
| 14 | She looked down at the undersized and ill-clothed child , and was warmed by an ache of loving despair . |
| 15 | She nodded , as she looked down at the tiny poodle . |
| 16 | She looked down at the front fastenings , then her fingers shook as they fumbled to button the jacket correctly . |
| 17 | She looked down at the patterned rugs on the floor and edged in more closely behind Gloria , gripping her skirt . |
| 18 | She looked down at the darkened valley and the bright lights of the factory . |
| 19 | She looked down at the bold black signature and the printed words below it : ‘ Damian Flint , Chairman . ’ |
| 20 | She looked down at the white plastic loop that now bound her wrist to the brass rail on the table . |
| 21 | She looked down at the steaming plate . |
| 22 | She looked down at the diminutive Time Lord , her eyes full of quiet sympathy . |
| 23 | Her window had been wide all night and as she got out of bed she looked down on the dusty heads of trees where sparrows were fussing . |
| 24 | They looked down into the big disused quarry . |
| 25 | No wonder Uncle Mick grinned as he looked down on the nearly-elegant sitting-room . |
| 26 | In the dying firelight he looked down on the sleeping face of Joe the Fish . |
| 27 | He looked down on the pretty garden and saw the two of them snoring there , their front claws tucked neatly under their chins which rested on silk cushions and their tails dipped tidily into the pond whose waters did not stir enough to move their dreams to wildness . |
| 28 | He looked down on the bent head , but there was no response from Millie . |
| 29 | A sense of gloom blanketed his thought as he looked down to the dark water and heard the hiss of it rushing over the invisible weir ahead of him . |
| 30 | ‘ Moje milá , ’ he gently breathed , and , pulling a little away from her , he looked down to the naked swollen pink-tipped breasts he had uncovered . |