Example sentences of "looking down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Square white buildings , three storeys high , sat at regular intervals on the slope , all looking down towards the parade ground . |
| 2 | I would remained erm close to the doorway covering the internal hallway er effectively looking down towards the kitchen and the living room area . |
| 3 | But sitting up in the bedroom looking down towards the river , she was asking herself more often of late whether meat and clothing were all there was to life . |
| 4 | Looking down towards the mouth of the street , they saw shadows gathering . |
| 5 | After that I avoided looking down towards the woodpile until , when it was almost too dark to see , I glanced down one last time — and she was gone . |
| 6 | She was looking down to the garden gate , which at that moment Greg Hocking was closing carefully behind him . |
| 7 | And a call … ’ he wiped his hand across his face , looking down at the moisture he rubbed off and laughing almost ironically . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've all got to share , ’ she said , as they passed through the swing doors and found themselves looking down at the courtyard of the Museum . |
| 9 | I was still looking down at the girl in the grass . |
| 10 | Looking down at the top of Joe 's balding pate , Michael listened to the haunting childish voice and could have cried . |
| 11 | For nearly a minute he said nothing and I had the sense to keep quiet , too , looking down at the top of his head . |
| 12 | And she sat there , still looking down at the sand . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've been fortunate , so far , ’ the Governor said , looking down at the man lying in the bed . |
| 14 | Looking down at the man who had quietly assisted her and whose clothes were now covered in the other man 's blood , she said , ‘ You 'd better go with them as well . ’ |
| 15 | Hal Shepherd stood at the turn of the road , his hands resting lightly on the low stone wall , looking down at the row of cottages and the bay beyond . |
| 16 | Looking down at the river , she could see that the level had dropped , uncovering lines of bricks on the wall beneath them that looked as if they rarely saw the sun . |
| 17 | The Prince and McPhee had walked on to the top of the bank and were standing looking down at the river . |
| 18 | Looking down at the reflection of the stars in the still , calm sea below , she said softly , ‘ I 'm glad we came up here . |
| 19 | Craig Grenfell stood on the hilltop looking down at the scene in the graveyard below . |
| 20 | She was looking down at the water , which was only inches deep . |
| 21 | The young man stood for a moment on an overhanging ledge of the bank , looking down at the water ; the dog swam round and round below ; the man 's body was flecked all over with light and the shadow patterns of leaves , so that he seemed some human extension of the place . |
| 22 | I cough again looking down at the tile floor of the room . |
| 23 | She 'll go up to you and she goes she looks at you like that and her eyes are all wide , sh sh she 's looking down at the wall like that to make sure it 's all clear , you know what I mean ? |
| 24 | If you walked up the brow at the back of the house you were in two minutes up on a great closely cropped bare turfy expanse , looking down at the sea ; and to the left all the indentations of the coastline , the bays , the beaches and coves within them , the tumble of rocks at the bottom of some sheer cliff , far west to lonely and uninhabitable shores , was visible . |
| 25 | There 's nothing finer than standing on the edge of a Dales hill like this looking down at the landscape strung out below . |
| 26 | Joanna rushed off and Sophie stood looking down at the telephone . |
| 27 | Turning up the collar of his Burberry against the chill morning air , he climbed up the slope to the rim of the hollow and stood looking down at the car . |
| 28 | ‘ I have always wanted Isabel to like me , ’ she said sadly , looking down at the box , ‘ but she never has . ’ |
| 29 | He did not touch , but stood looking down at the page . |
| 30 | Again she was silent for a moment or two , looking down at the carpet of tawny beech leaves , debris of the previous autumn , now shimmering in the dappled shafts of light which struggled through the tree canopy . |