Example sentences of "peering down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What was that ? ’ she gasped , peering down through the darkness . |
| 2 | He had been pacing the room with slow majestic energy ending by peering down through the venetian blind at Madison below . |
| 3 | ‘ Wot ? ’ demanded Camille , peering down over the banister rail . |
| 4 | Biff asked coldly , standing up and peering down into the darkness . |
| 5 | He scurries round the numerous vantage points , peering down into the camera . |
| 6 | From his own vantage point he moved forward , leaning on the parapet of Blackfriars Bridge , peering down into the murky blackness of the river . |
| 7 | Shivering at the table and peering down at the paper under the stumpy candle I allowed myself to wander off the straight path through the dark trees . |
| 8 | Peering down at the ground between his feet , John saw the box , its lid stamped ‘ J.M. ’ in sharp Roman capitals by a pal in the dye-works across the road . |
| 9 | Peering down at the faint blood trail staining the grass , he strode angrily away towards the jungle with his son at his heels . |
| 10 | He was peering down from the leaning tower of Pisa like Galileo testing his theory of gravity . |