Example sentences of "looked down [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joe now withdrew his hand from the desk and , rising to his feet , he looked down on to the upturned faces of the two men and said , ‘ My mother may remain in the house as long as she wishes , but the running of it , the accounts and such , I wish to leave in your control . |
| 2 | The doctor looked down on to the younger children 's heads and his teeth clamped down even harder on his cigar . |
| 3 | The move to Apollo Place brought Minton to an area long associated with artists ; through a circular window half-way up the stairs he looked down on to the next door studio which had once belonged to Turner . |
| 4 | She stared unseeing out of the big plate-glass window that looked down on to the hotel 's rather undistinguished forecourt . |
| 5 | Leithen and I stopped at the top of the hill and looked down again into the little green valley . |
| 6 | And then she looked down again at the neatly typed list in the book , open on the floor in front of her . |
| 7 | When we reached the road we stopped and looked down again at the little house . |
| 8 | She rose to her feet , and looked down again at the rolling hillside covered with fruit and vegetables , with grazing goats , sheep and chickens . |
| 9 | He looked down angrily at the man who had been so uselessly injured . |
| 10 | Dunbar came picking his way between the debris and the fallen , and looked down calmly upon the son and successor of his old enemy . |
| 11 | Martin charging down on Dobson ; Martin , eyes glaring and lips drawn back in a feral snarl ; Martin , arm raised and baton coming down again and again on Dobson 's head ; Martin , growling savagely at the yobs , daring them to interfere ; Martin , turing angrily as the sergeant pulled the baton from his hand ; finally , Martin , white and shaking , as he looked down disbelievingly at the unconscious Dobson . |
| 12 | She looked down miserably at the table-top ; then looked up again as Morse elaborated : |
| 13 | Larsen looked down fondly at the gaunt soot smeared features of the hollow-eyed girl and nodded back . |