Example sentences of "she look down " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same lady suffers loss of balance when she looks down . |
| 2 | She looks down at her shopping-and-memo list , to find a nearer focus . |
| 3 | She looks down at the figure slumped in the chair , sees the skull under the frail skin which hangs loosely from the bone , at once tight and yet with too much of it , the bony fingers picking at the fringes of the rug . |
| 4 | Then she looks down at him and asks softly , ‘ Have you ever thought of trying Eastern therapies ? ’ |
| 5 | She looked down at the sandal and with one worn finger gently moved the heel to and fro on its fragile shred of skin . |
| 6 | But she looked down through the glass skylight and recognised in Maggie 's cropped hair and long white body the same contours that she had seen in that other virgin warrior whom she had inspired into battle . |
| 7 | Her shoulders stiffened and she looked down at her folded hands . |
| 8 | She looked down through the wards where the festive celebrations had momentarily stopped . |
| 9 | But suddenly her voice slowed and she looked down at her hands . |
| 10 | She did not feel afraid , but when she looked down at her hands she saw that they were shaking . |
| 11 | She looked down at the patterned rugs on the floor and edged in more closely behind Gloria , gripping her skirt . |
| 12 | She looked down at her frayed jeans and dirty trainers : the spongy shoes were full of water and squelched whenever she walked . |
| 13 | She looked down it : all she could see was blackness . |
| 14 | When she looked down into the channel with Gazzer and saw Simon , water swilling round his waist , she could hardly believe that she was responsible . |
| 15 | She looked down at Simon . |
| 16 | She looked down into his little near-sighted eyes , full of tears behind the thick lenses . |
| 17 | She looked down at the biscuit , as if surprised by it . |
| 18 | She looked down at the floor and made the slightest movement with one hand . |
| 19 | Overcome with shyness , she looked down at her feet , twisted the hem of her much-washed pale blue smock and said nothing . |
| 20 | She looked down at the steaming plate . |
| 21 | Anyway — ’ She looked down on her partly eaten meal and her nose wrinkled before she went on , ‘ I 've got to go downstairs again , and you 'd better clear away here when you 've finished , then go into Mother and see if you can soothe her ruffled feathers . |
| 22 | She looked down . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She looked down and said , ‘ Who 's made your knickers ? ’ |
| 25 | Standing up , she looked down at him . |
| 26 | Shadows of indecision flitted across her face , and she looked down at her feet , but the bitterness was seeping away like the ugly water from the trench where her father 's coffin lay . |
| 27 | She went over to it , her mouth dry , her pulses racing , and when she looked down at the cherubic child with bright golden hair she had to grip the arms for support . |
| 28 | As she looked down from the stand , the horses for the third race , a handicap over six furlongs , were filing out on to the racecourse . |
| 29 | She looked down at the darkened valley and the bright lights of the factory . |
| 30 | She looked down , afraid that the shirt and waistcoat had shaped themselves round her small breasts and so betrayed her . |