Example sentences of "[conj] he looked down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although he looked down on Nuri he also looked up at him , and because of that Nuri had a unique ability to touch Mahmoud on the raw . |
| 2 | She had her key ready and he looked down at her for a minute . |
| 3 | As they stood patiently in a doorway waiting for the column to pass , Catherine turned to say something to McLeish and he looked down at her for a long moment . |
| 4 | Holly stood beside a poorly dug hole and he looked down at a T-shaped junction of pipes and saw that the screw-fastened aperture that gave access to the pipe join and its subsidiary were swathed in doth and knotted around in plastic sheeting . |
| 5 | And he looked down at his leg . |
| 6 | Pumfrey noticed that a slight flush came into Pickerage 's face , and he looked down at his hands , clasping and unclasping themselves nervously in his lap . |
| 7 | She shrugged his hand away and glared up at him , her pale face a trifle flushed , and he looked down at her with sardonic interest . |
| 8 | It amused him even more and he looked down at her quizzically as she wrenched her arm from his grasp . |
| 9 | The glare left his eyes and he looked down at her uncomprehendingly . |
| 10 | Jane smiled cheerfully , so that he thought she was being charitable , or even contemptuous , and he looked down at his hands . |
| 11 | " Some people are best left alone , " said Gabriel , and he looked down to where the eldest and the middle brother were lying peacefully under their beautiful tree , with its green leaves , and its glossy fruit , and the white blossom falling like snow . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's no need to ask if you enjoyed that , ’ Ven commented as they left the bridge and he looked down into her eyes , which were shining with pleasure . |
| 13 | Rory could n't suppress a soft chuckle at the thought , and he looked down from the stepladder at the sound . |
| 14 | For bisexual Dana , it was something to be proud of , and he looked down upon my inferior condition . |
| 15 | She was startled when he took her hand impatiently and moved it and some small hurt must have shown on her face at his swift action because he looked down at her frustratedly . |
| 16 | Hesitantly she picked up the soap and began to soap the expanse of his chest , while he looked down at her . |
| 17 | For a brief while he looked down at her from his superior height . |
| 18 | When he looked down at her again his expression was strangely blank . |
| 19 | She knew he would kiss her and her whole body was waiting for it , every nerve-end coiled in fierce anticipation as his free hand slid round to the back of her head , holding her there , as he looked down into her face . |
| 20 | It was his first sight of his grandson and he felt a pang of anxiety as he looked down at him . |
| 21 | An image of Green 's bared head as he looked down at Harriet 's body came into her mind and of his face and expression . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Duvall was holding the gun now as he looked down at him , breathing heavily . |
| 24 | And his smile , appearing slowly as he looked down at us , gleamed with a whiteness that almost hurt . |
| 25 | As he looked down at the body he used to love , he thanked God for letting him arrive in time . |
| 26 | ‘ They tell me betting-shops are littered with torn-up betting-slips , ’ said Morse , as he looked down at the two pink slips that Ashenden had handed to him . |
| 27 | Jake 's tone was lethal as he looked down at her with eyes that had turned to blue ice . |
| 28 | He shook his head wonderingly as he looked down at her . |
| 29 | His thumb caressed her arm absently as he looked down at her , and the smile left a lingering warmth in his eyes . |
| 30 | ‘ Not right at this moment , ’ he drawled , and he was so close that their bodies were only inches apart , and as he looked down at her mouth with narrowed eyes she felt her heart begin to race madly . |