Example sentences of "stood [verb] down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cley rose to his feet and stood gazing down at the councillor . |
| 2 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
| 3 | They both stood looking down at the poor sufferer , neither speaking . |
| 4 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 5 | I stood looking down at the pavement below the payphone while Dennis padded across the wall-to-wall carpeting and called distantly to his wife . |
| 6 | And she stood looking down at the key in her hand , while she said to herself , ‘ Well , this seems to decide it , does n't it ? ’ and turning , she yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ |
| 7 | He strode over to the door and stood looking down at the handle , shaking his head sadly . |
| 8 | He did not touch , but stood looking down at the page . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 11 | Joanna rushed off and Sophie stood looking down at the telephone . |
| 12 | Benjamin walked over , past the baptismal font and stood looking down into the sanctuary . |
| 13 | Suddenly he rose from his chair , gave a quick look round the office , then went across to the window , where he stood looking down into the courtyard . |
| 14 | I squelched across tiny burns running in black channels of peat , and stood looking down from the hillside on to the grey roofs of Scaup Farm . |
| 15 | Jane crossed to the windows and stood staring down into the street . |
| 16 | Philip ap Ivor stood staring down into the blank cavity for a long moment with drawn brows and tight lips . |
| 17 | She stood staring down at the fresh earth of the new grave , at the wooden cross bearing her mother 's name and she could not believe that this nightmare was real . |
| 18 | With a slight nod , Dora directed her glance towards the opposite side of the pool , where Dieter Erdle stood staring down at the water as if engrossed in his own reflection . |
| 19 | Leaving her abruptly , he moved to the desk and stood staring down at the papers lying on it , his attitude so tense that Lucy felt compelled to go to his side . |