Example sentences of "look down [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd also taken stock of just how deep the ravine was a yard or so to my right — on a previous visit to this rocky Brecon summit I 'd looked down on a pair of RAF Tornadoes streaking through on a high-adrenalin exercise . |
| 2 | Here stood the little house looking down through a frame of brown granite to the plain below . |
| 3 | We were at the rear of a crowd hundreds strong looking down upon a scene of devastation : shanties burnt and smouldering , shanties still burning , pouring forth black smoke . |
| 4 | Looking down from a height of ten or twelve feet , she saw an old friend , the MGM lion . |
| 5 | Above 1,200m you can often enjoy beautiful weather and look down on a sea of white clouds , with the occasional peak protruding through . |
| 6 | Alternatively , and no less awe-inspiring , if the cloud conditions are right , you ascend through the mist until you break out into the sun somewhere before the summit from where you look down on a sea of white cloud with many peaks bursting through . |
| 7 | In this small picture , you look down on a couple of hundred thousand people and their bodies are as invisible as microbes . |
| 8 | He turned around and looked down into a sea of human faces , below him . |
| 9 | Paddy looked down for a moment at Joey , who beamed up at him , ‘ We gon na play checkers , Paddy ? ’ he called out suddenly and laughed . |
| 10 | She looked down at a letter on the table in front of her , collecting her thoughts . |
| 11 | We sat on the hall floor , cross-legged , in our forms , with our form-mistress beside us , so as the Headmistress stood on the platform , she looked down upon a sea of faces , rows and rows of black-stockinged legs , and a long line of mistresses sitting on their chairs . |