Example sentences of "down at the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 2 | She looked down at the ice as she spoke . |
| 3 | Quickly dragging her gaze from his splendid body , Polly stared with intense concentration up at the mainsail , then down at the compass as embarrassment flamed her face . |
| 4 | His wife in her innocence told us he had been down at the steamer when we landed and had slipped out of sight , and next morning he had left at six o'clock to go and visit a small island North of Jura where he had never been known to go before . " |
| 5 | Bridhe smiled down at the baby as she panted up the stairs again . |
| 6 | Glancing down at the package as though it might just possibly bite , she took a deep breath and began to unpick the sellotape that held it intact . |
| 7 | But I will never forget that time we both watched your father walking back and forth in front of the summerhouse , looking down at the ground as though he hoped to find some precious jewel he had dropped there . ’ |
| 8 | Write about one main incident or object ( Chekhov said you could select anything you saw and write about it , but do n't sit down at the typewriter before the idea has gelled in your mind . |
| 9 | She sat down at the table while Michael called the plane . |
| 10 | Lancaster breathed out slowly and looked down at the table when he realised what he had said . |