Example sentences of "to look down at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went away and I started to look down at my hands again . |
| 2 | He seemed to take for ever to look down at Trent . |
| 3 | She swung her legs over the edge of the bed and went over to the window to look down at the courtyard . |
| 4 | Also difficult to look down at watch . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Stooping slightly to look down at him he said , very quietly but adamantly , ‘ Aah knows 'oo Aah wants ti see . |
| 7 | Lee turned her head to the right to look down at him . |
| 8 | He had , as Dalgliesh knew , grudgingly respected Kate 's ability to look down at the butchered bodies in St Matthew 's vestry and not be sick , but he had n't liked her the better for it . |
| 9 | Sharpe stepped a pace forward to look down at the map . |
| 10 | Whitlock said , pausing in front of the desk to look down at Kolchinsky . |
| 11 | Ace continued to look down at Defries . |
| 12 | She had the grace to look down at her wedding ring , a worn gold band . |
| 13 | She tried to look down at her feet , and could only just see them . |
| 14 | Alexei seemed to look down at the folder in his hand . |
| 15 | The life-size image of the old man seemed to look down at Li Shai Tung , its dark eyes magnificent , its whole form filled with power . |
| 16 | By then some of the hurt had lessened and he was able to look down at her scrawly handwriting and think : so she made it . |
| 17 | She looked up at Quiss , who stood , fists clenched , glaring at the distant , empty doorway , He turned , whirled round to look down at her , the scraps of fur around him flying out " Your answer , lady . " |
| 18 | ‘ Is it still light enough to work ? ’ asked Merymose , standing , and walking across to the doctor to look down at the body . |
| 19 | He stopped the car and turned to look down at her , his eyes running over her , seeing the state she was in , the grazed leg and arm , her rather dirty hands . |
| 20 | Alain continued to look down at her , his eyes moving over her upturned face , and then he stood abruptly and motioned to the door . |
| 21 | He turned to look down at her , standing very still , his eyes piercing even in the gloom . |
| 22 | ‘ Maybe not , ’ Maggie murmured worriedly , biting into her lip again as he continued to look down at her . |
| 23 | Maggie felt her heartbeats quicken as he continued to look down at her . |
| 24 | Ace half sat up to look down at her , but his face was full of trouble . |
| 25 | As a patient bandaged from head to foot , Crawford had to deliver only one line , but he forgot it , lifted the bed sheet to look down at a prompt card and uttered the immortal words , ‘ Have you seen this , nurse ? ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | There was a dark look in his eyes as he continued to look down at her , but as she proceeded to wriggle away from him he made no move to stop her . |
| 28 | Guido continued to look down at her , almost making her heart stop , his fingers still lightly holding her chin . |
| 29 | He stopped on the top step to look down at her , and there was no mistaking the mocking glitter in his eyes now . |
| 30 | ‘ Maybe you do n't know as much about me as you think , ’ Niall said huskily , a wealth of controlled feeling in the way he held her from him to look down at her . |