Example sentences of "peered down [prep] " 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 | 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 | Not for a moment did his eyes sweep around the mountain heights which everywhere peered down on this upturned basin of ancient civilisation . |
| 25 | They peered down on the world like two eyes , one half-closed . |
| 26 | She peered down into the water but was aware only of her own reflection and that of the branches of the beech trees . |
| 27 | The man looked at Clinton indifferently and peered down into the vat . |
| 28 | The tall man opened the hold and Hitch peered down into it , glancing at dozens of crates all of roughly the same size . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Dyson peered down into the darkness after it , driving the car steadily out across the white line in the middle of the road . |