Example sentences of "[verb] look down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Castle was faintly lit by the soft light of the moon , and Grainne , pausing to look down over the courtyard through a small side window , saw how the countryside was bathed in radiance . |
| 3 | Alexei seemed to look down at the folder in his hand . |
| 4 | The final example is perhaps an unexpected mathematical experience as there is no discussion of the tower itself but rather the child has been carried to the top of the high tower in his imagination and asked to look down at the people below . |
| 5 | The three grown people stand looking down on the sleeping infant whose soft breathing seems to have spread the tawny bloom over its ivory skin . |
| 6 | They 're very wide ranging , and if er , Chair , if members would , would just like to look down at the list of er , options , without going through er , each one individually , but they do range from er , work with er former cottage hospitals , er , front room day care , the further development of home care cooperatives , work er , for people who er , have spinal injuries , who have intake , and er , an interpreter service for , for people who have a hearing loss , and particularly er , helping er , the Shropshire Disability Consortium to set up an interpreting service in the county . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not sure how high we went but I remember looking down at the surf . |
| 8 | She must have looked down at the dog , and seen the blood stain and the tear on his trouser . |
| 9 | These attitudes included looking down on the pursuit of trade and commerce as somewhat inferior socially . |
| 10 | High , curved , hand-carved doors led from the reception area to the conference room and residents ' sitting-room , where afternoon tea would be served looking down across the gardens to the accompaniment of a grand piano . |
| 11 | Patrick lay looking down into the dell . |
| 12 | To compare models such as those shown in Fig. 5a with the observations shown in Fig. 4 , it is necessary to make a transformation from what one would observe looking down on the plane to the ( l , v ) plot observed from our position in the plane . |
| 13 | Marcus was standing looking down at the woman . |
| 14 | The Prince and McPhee had walked on to the top of the bank and were standing looking down at the river . |
| 15 | I stared at him because he sounded so cold , but he was sitting looking down at the glass which he held on his knees and I could n't see his face . |
| 16 | If a bird had looked down on the quarry in the next few seconds it would have been amazed . |
| 17 | Fine views can be had looking down on the north side of the island to Porto da Cruz and the Penha d'Aguia ( the enormous flat-topped rock ) which stands between Faial and Porto da Cruz . |
| 18 | She had learnt that wickedness exists , even where there is beauty , and now she could hardly bear to look down into the Vale . |
| 19 | So majestic were Forest that one had to look down to the programme to make sure it was n't Robertson and Woodcock and McGovern and Gemmill combining in sweet harmony to carve open Leeds . |
| 20 | The two boys stood looking down at the heaps of feathers . |
| 21 | They both stood looking down at the poor sufferer , neither speaking . |
| 22 | She stood looking down at the tiny fireplace . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ! ’ |
| 25 | He strode over to the door and stood looking down at the handle , shaking his head sadly . |
| 26 | He did not touch , but stood looking down at the page . |
| 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 | Shutting the door softly behind her , Theda tiptoed to the bed and stood looking down at the still figure in some alarm . |
| 29 | Joanna rushed off and Sophie stood looking down at the telephone . |
| 30 | Benjamin walked over , past the baptismal font and stood looking down into the sanctuary . |