Example sentences of "peered down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We leaned on the railing , and peered down through the littered lattice of cross-angled trees , their backs broken in their last attempt to scramble up the cliff . |
| 2 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 3 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 4 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 5 | The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip . |
| 6 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 7 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 8 | The grubby face of a young boy , not more than ten summers in age , peered down at the speaker through the tangled mass of overgrown shrubbery atop a high stone wall . |
| 9 | Then she paused and peered down at the writhing thread . |
| 10 | Teetering on the sheer cliff , Tallis peered down at the river . |
| 11 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 12 | They peered down on the world like two eyes , one half-closed . |
| 13 | She peered down into the water but was aware only of her own reflection and that of the branches of the beech trees . |
| 14 | The man looked at Clinton indifferently and peered down into the vat . |
| 15 | Lifting it , she peered down into the blackness below , feeling the first rung of a rickety ladder as she dangled her foot into the yawning gap . |
| 16 | Dyson peered down into the darkness after it , driving the car steadily out across the white line in the middle of the road . |
| 17 | He rubbed his eyes and peered down from the top bunk . |