Example sentences of "staring down [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The hydraulics gave out their whine as he joined other crew members staring down at the scene below and half a mile back . |
| 3 | Staring down at the girl , Pascoe saw in her the Martha he had known as a lad — the Martha he had loved and lost ; and while he stared , she opened her eyes and looked back up at him from the stinking bed of straw , and for a moment he felt a little stirring of fear . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For a while they just stood there , staring down at the boar , satisfying their curiosity after the brief and distant glimpses that they 'd had on the hunt . |
| 6 | He stands there , shaking , then hugs himself , chin on his chest , staring down at the man , his head and whole body trembling . |
| 7 | Stephen stopped , staring down at the sand . |
| 8 | After Rose and the boy had gone to bed he sat on his own by the raked fire , sitting motionless , staring down at the floor . |
| 9 | She just sat there , mostly in silence , staring down at the floor , with her hands clasped tightly between her knees . |
| 10 | The Lady Prioress sat with arms crossed , staring down at the floor . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm a garden designer , ’ she announced quietly , staring down at the hob , ‘ that 's what Luke meant . ’ |
| 12 | I ordered Joe up into the tree-house and he sat , staring down at the lens . |
| 13 | The boy rose to his feet , still gripping the banisters and staring down at the figure in the doorway . |
| 14 | ‘ I tell you what I really do n't like , ’ he says , staring down at the club floor below , ‘ I do n't like if I do n't know who are friends and who are enemies . |
| 15 | Buckingham sat , hands together , staring down at the table top , his face registering surprise and shock at Sir John 's words . |
| 16 | The Prince was sitting quietly there , his hands clasped , staring down at the table , so silent he could have been taken for some studious monk ; his robes , however , were splendid , his fingers covered in precious rings , and his hair and golden beard carefully combed and oiled . |
| 17 | Out of the corner of her eye , she watched her husband staring down at the cot . |
| 18 | Ranulf sat staring down at the ground . |
| 19 | The presenter cradled her cup in her hands , staring down at the tea . |
| 20 | One of the Hunters looked over the android 's body ; its demonic face staring down at the android 's features . |
| 21 | Jack said irritably , staring down at the manual . |
| 22 | When his father was absent , he would come here himself and stand beside the pool , staring down into the water as if emptying himself into its depths , letting his thoughts become the fish , drifting , gliding slowly , almost listlessly in the water , then rising swiftly to breach the surface , imbued with sudden purpose . |
| 23 | A private party in some high-rise apartment block ; looking down into the city from the forty-second floor , it was like being inside a radio , one of those old valve radios , and Jed almost told Creed what he thought , he almost blurted something Creed would n't even have understood , You must 've had radios thrown away some time , did n't you ? but the rush blew over and he was still staring down into the forest of lit buildings and he still had n't spoken . |
| 24 | It was standing quite still , staring down into the chalk-pit . |
| 25 | Whores sat on balconies , drinking and staring down into the street . |
| 26 | Jane crossed to the windows and stood staring down into the street . |
| 27 | She was glued to the chair , fascinated by that sharp profile staring down into the street below . |
| 28 | The guard was standing at the door of the hut , staring down towards the monastery . |
| 29 | Staring down through the window , she gazed at the icefield which was the frozen Baltic . |
| 30 | I have finished my letter and sit staring down through the orchard thinking about those who have occupied the slit trenches since 6th June : Taff , the mortar team , the others who have gone and have been replaced by new faces . |