Example sentences of "look down [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The laibon simply looks down at the floor of the boma . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He looks down at the fag packet and taps it round another couple of revolutions on the table . |
| 4 | He looks down at the table , smiling , and draws a face by running his finger through a ring of beer . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | From a gusty somewhere , God looks down on a world |
| 7 | On a seat beneath General Wolfe 's statue , which looks down on the river and is still scarred by the bombs of a war later than the one in which he died , Coffin rested for a while . |
| 8 | But if a person climbs a nearby hill and looks down on the site , the whole city can be seen and to some extent understood : viewing a site at an angle in this way is equivalent to an oblique aerial photograph . |
| 9 | Nor does it have much of a view , since it looks down into the stable . |
| 10 | Inside , the room is richly decorated with a fine scrolled plaster overmantel , dated 1572 , and a little musicians ' gallery which looks down into the hall through a row of arches set high up in the cornice . |
| 11 | From this vantage point , one looks down into the well which houses the external restaurants and bars , with the Opera House dominating the upper frame of the picture in the background . |
| 12 | From this vantage point , one looks down into the well which houses the external restaurants and bars , with the Opera House dominating the upper frame of the picture in the background . |
| 13 | Now , suddenly , a jay looks down from a hiding place in a lichened oak and slips away without breaking the silence : stealthy , cunning , typical of the inveterate egg thief . |
| 14 | Or take the many references to God as a being who looks down upon the world from some sort of celestial vantage point . |
| 15 | Have you ever looked down into the hair dryer ? |
| 16 | He 'd never looked down on a human before . |
| 17 | If a bird had looked down on the quarry in the next few seconds it would have been amazed . |
| 18 | She must have looked down at the dog , and seen the blood stain and the tear on his trouser . |
| 19 | And , not quite sure how to take that , Ellie hastily looked down at the quilt the woman was folding . |
| 20 | In any other season you could have looked down from a ridge just below the pastures where the sheep were grazing and seen the village in miniature , a doll 's farm set in a patchwork of agricultural land that spread across the valley floor . |
| 21 | Square white buildings , three storeys high , sat at regular intervals on the slope , all looking down towards the parade ground . |
| 22 | I would remained erm close to the doorway covering the internal hallway er effectively looking down towards the kitchen and the living room area . |
| 23 | But sitting up in the bedroom looking down towards the river , she was asking herself more often of late whether meat and clothing were all there was to life . |
| 24 | Looking down towards the mouth of the street , they saw shadows gathering . |
| 25 | After that I avoided looking down towards the woodpile until , when it was almost too dark to see , I glanced down one last time — and she was gone . |
| 26 | She was looking down to the garden gate , which at that moment Greg Hocking was closing carefully behind him . |
| 27 | And a call … ’ he wiped his hand across his face , looking down at the moisture he rubbed off and laughing almost ironically . |
| 28 | ‘ We 've all got to share , ’ she said , as they passed through the swing doors and found themselves looking down at the courtyard of the Museum . |
| 29 | I was still looking down at the girl in the grass . |
| 30 | Looking down at the top of Joe 's balding pate , Michael listened to the haunting childish voice and could have cried . |