Example sentences of "[noun sg] looked down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The texture of the novel is in part created by the juxtaposition of dead metaphors and new ones created by slight adjustments to the normal patterns of the language : " … the sun looked down into the top of the dead tree and breathed warmly on the two people " ( p. 142 ) . |
| 2 | The Collector looked down at the gaunt , upturned faces gathered at the foot of the stairs . |
| 3 | Rain looked down into the steep cleft of another valley . |
| 4 | The flat looked down on the dome of the Planetarium . |
| 5 | The Archbishop looked down at the floor and shook his head . |
| 6 | It did not look very neat , he had to admit , but unless the prospective buyer looked down into the cabinet the bodgery would not be discovered . |
| 7 | Then the wizard looked down at the six big coins in his hand . |
| 8 | Fiver looked down at the water and twitched his ears . |