Example sentences of "down at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 61 | By the time the two week World Film Festival winds down at the beginning of September most of the cinephiles standing in the long queues at the box office have no idea what they 're waiting for ; they 'll watch anything that moves . |
| 62 | If you follow the principles laid down at the beginning of this feature then you should have no problem . |
| 63 | That proof showed that general relativity is only an incomplete theory : it can not tell us how the universe started off , because it predicts that all physical theories , including itself , break down at the beginning of the universe . |
| 64 | Luigi looked down at the teddy-boy . |
| 65 | At Peking we were met by quite a delegation of people , and sat down at the airport for some formal introductions and speeches . |
| 66 | The blind was down at the window . |
| 67 | Sighing , Cowley looked back down at the operation . |
| 68 | And a call … ’ he wiped his hand across his face , looking down at the moisture he rubbed off and laughing almost ironically . |
| 69 | Jinny found some nearer the top , in the open , where she could stand and peer down at the cottage . |
| 70 | Has everything been all right for you and my ma , down at the cottage ? ’ |
| 71 | There are few more pathetic sights than aggrieved bowlers staring down at the popping-crease after being no-balled , craning neck insinuating that the umpire was in error . |
| 72 | Currently bending the air waves on Radio Ulster , and regulars on BBC 's ‘ Talk Back ’ programme , they 've gigged the North and brought houses down at the Edinburgh Fringe . |
| 73 | Where you start down at the estbottom and build it right up to the goddamn , fuckin' sky ! ’ |
| 74 | ‘ He was going to hit you , ’ she said , and her mouth turned down at the corners . |
| 75 | Carrie looked at him and saw his mouth turning down at the corners . |
| 76 | The marquis 's lips turned down at the corners . |
| 77 | Violet pulled her mouth down at the corners and shrugged her skinny shoulders . |
| 78 | His mouth turned sullenly down at the corners , like the mouth of a joke mug Melanie had once seen in an antique shop . |
| 79 | ‘ We got rid of an old woman and replaced him with a younger one , ’ Fergus said , mouth turned down at the corners , staring over his whisky tumbler and across the room to where his wife was talking to Antonia . |
| 80 | The long thin mouth was pulled down at the corners like a tragic mask , the eyes were hooded , the shoulders hunched , head bent forward so that the man 's gaze seemed fixed on the surface of the table . |
| 81 | Jinny looked down at the cutting . |
| 82 | Cley rose to his feet and stood gazing down at the councillor . |
| 83 | Then I was down at the Chough last night and everyone was on about it . |
| 84 | Thousands of young volunteers , who had abandoned civilian safety to enlist in Kitchener 's great New Army , were cut down at the Somme , and their comrades disillusioned . |
| 85 | He was leaning against the parapet rail , gazing down at the brick terrace several floors below . |
| 86 | I settle myself down at the mirror . |
| 87 | Down at the Rovers there 's folk dancing in the snug |
| 88 | To its horror it will find itself slipping and sliding , tumbling down at the mercy of its foes . |
| 89 | There has been some talk of screening the game at Elland Road , but i 'd prefer to recover from the previous nights over indulgence down at the boozer , rather than in the West Stand . |
| 90 | They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace . |