Example sentences of "[vb past] looking down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | These attitudes included looking down on the pursuit of trade and commerce as somewhat inferior socially . |
| 3 | Patrick lay looking down into the dell . |
| 4 | Fine views can be had looking down on the north side of the island to Porto da Cruz and the Penha d'Aguia ( the enormous flat-topped rock ) which stands between Faial and Porto da Cruz . |
| 5 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
| 6 | They both stood looking down at the poor sufferer , neither speaking . |
| 7 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 8 | I stood looking down at the pavement below the payphone while Dennis padded across the wall-to-wall carpeting and called distantly to his wife . |
| 9 | And she stood looking down at the key in her hand , while she said to herself , ‘ Well , this seems to decide it , does n't it ? ’ and turning , she yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ |
| 10 | He strode over to the door and stood looking down at the handle , shaking his head sadly . |
| 11 | He did not touch , but stood looking down at the page . |
| 12 | Turning up the collar of his Burberry against the chill morning air , he climbed up the slope to the rim of the hollow and stood looking down at the car . |
| 13 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 14 | Joanna rushed off and Sophie stood looking down at the telephone . |
| 15 | Benjamin walked over , past the baptismal font and stood looking down into the sanctuary . |
| 16 | Suddenly he rose from his chair , gave a quick look round the office , then went across to the window , where he stood looking down into the courtyard . |
| 17 | I squelched across tiny burns running in black channels of peat , and stood looking down from the hillside on to the grey roofs of Scaup Farm . |
| 18 | David sat looking down at the empty wine glass that he was turning round and round between his hands . |