Example sentences of "looked down at [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked down at her new French muslin pyjamas , the corners of her thin lips turning up in a rueful smile , wondering if the whisky stains would come out — and deciding that they probably would n't . |
| 2 | Marion sipped her punch and looked down at her new dress . |
| 3 | She sat down awkwardly on one of the chairs , feeling highly incongruous in her black dress , which she had been obliged to put back on that morning , and looked down at her stiletto-clad feet . |
| 4 | She blurted it out quite innocently and he stood and looked down at her upturned face . |
| 5 | She looked down at her frayed jeans and dirty trainers : the spongy shoes were full of water and squelched whenever she walked . |
| 6 | Caro looked down at her battered pumps and wished she 'd remembered to change them . |
| 7 | He looked down at her flaming hair and beige , naked body and whispered , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 8 | There was just feeling , wild and deep , intense pleasure that even bordered on pain , and Maggie 's head was on his shoulder , her eyes locked with his when he at last raised his head and looked down at her bewitched face . |
| 9 | Marion looked down at her low-heeled patent leather pumps and sighed . |
| 10 | Stirring it around herself , she looked down at her long body , noticing how her illness had removed the last spare flesh . |
| 11 | As he looked down at her sleeping face , sucking contentedly on her thumb , he swore that he would commit murder if it kept his family as happy as they were now . |
| 12 | She looked down at her empty plate , wanting to probe , but reluctant at the same time to seem too inquisitive — to breach , even slightly , the warmth of their newly fledged accord . |
| 13 | Lou looked down at her left hand with a wistful expression , as if picturing the jewel on her own finger . |
| 14 | She looked down at her bandaged left hand then smiled cynically at her reflection in the darkened glass . |
| 15 | He suddenly stopped teasing and looked down at her lovely face as she rested against his shoulder . |
| 16 | She sat very upright and looked down at her green lap and the bronze toes of her boots , and the brown silk handbag on a gilt chain which contained a handkerchief , a phial of sal volatile and some of Aunt Emily 's calling cards in a mother of pearl case , since she had none of her own . |
| 17 | Her shoulders stiffened and she looked down at her folded hands . |
| 18 | He looked down at her angry face and burst into laughter . |
| 19 | And she looked down at her work-worn shoes , half afraid to meet his eyes . |
| 20 | Lee turned her head away , looked down at her own navel and tried not to think about her mother . |
| 21 | Excuse me not shaking hands — ’ she looked down at her own hands , then looked around the garden . |
| 22 | Left alone , Shae looked down at her own undone clothing and partly naked body , and shame burned within her . |
| 23 | She looked down at her own blue and orange striped suit . |
| 24 | She looked down at her own long denim-clad legs , unconsciously smoothing the material with her fingers . |
| 25 | Nona looked down at her clean jeans and pretty shirt , then she slid on to the floor , ignoring a patch of dirt . |
| 26 | ‘ My pure angel , ’ he breathed raggedly when , quite some minutes later , he pulled back and looked down at her beautiful face , at her cheeks made pink by his kisses . |
| 27 | He looked down at her astonished face with darkly angled brows . |
| 28 | She looked down at her white slippers , not fancying the mud and muck she could see there . |
| 29 | Nurse Walton looked down at his battered face . |
| 30 | Tony looked down at his dirty old shoes . |