Example sentences of "peer down at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great heads with green , multi-faceted eyes peer down at her . |
| 2 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 3 | As she peered down at him she saw him pause and look quickly round . |
| 4 | At the same time as trying to knot the heavyish material he peered down at his stomach . |
| 5 | He peered down at Mrs Fletcher 's crumpled list . |
| 6 | He peered down at me and scratched his head as he replaced his cap on his bald head . |
| 7 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 8 | The man had picked up the ball , and peered down at Nick through dark-rimmed , bleary eyes . |
| 9 | The old man peered down at him . |
| 10 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 11 | He handed down the cane and the bicycle lamp and she waded away into the shadows as the curious faces of the villagers , the anxious face of her father , peered down at her . |
| 12 | The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip . |
| 13 | She peered down at it , noting that a white smock , like a hospital gown , clothed her from throat to ankles . |
| 14 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 15 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Then she paused and peered down at the writhing thread . |
| 18 | Baker , who had abandoned his spectacles , peered down at what was plainly a sordid scene of domestic violence of the kind he was familiar with only in statistics . |
| 19 | Quigley peered down at its bum . |
| 20 | Teetering on the sheer cliff , Tallis peered down at the river . |
| 21 | The fool failed to realise the significance of the white rose , but instead peered down at Ruthven . |
| 22 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 23 | He peered down at Ralph and said , |
| 24 | One week we decided to follow him to find out where he was sloping off to We found him on the roof ledge peering down at people in a car below . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Turkey vultures are common on Kidney Island and are usually to be seen soaring on two-tone black and translucent wings , peering down at visitors with a calculating look in their beady eye set in a head of bare red skin . |
| 28 | Peering down at the faint blood trail staining the grass , he strode angrily away towards the jungle with his son at his heels . |
| 29 | ‘ Funny little faces peering down at me through the branches overhead . |
| 30 | In fact on a couple of occasions he had thought he had seen strange green faces peering down at him from the branches . |