Example sentences of "[vb past] down at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you follow the principles laid down at the beginning of this feature then you should have no problem . |
| 2 | These leaves are beautifully preserved in a flat-bedded and very highly fissile shale , laid down at the bottom of a fresh water lake . |
| 3 | The Spencer Tracy lookalike beamed down at the Anti-Rex . |
| 4 | Just er we lived down at the bottom of the village there . |
| 5 | The Sphinx of Giza gazed down at the red velvet couch . |
| 6 | We filed into the boxes reserved for the writers and gazed down at the acres of empty seats . |
| 7 | From his precarious position on an ice field , Charsky gazed down at the valley , so unutterably remote . |
| 8 | He gazed down at the bunker , head bent and quiet , as though paying his respects . |
| 9 | In an uncomfortable silence Nathaniel Sherman and the others gazed down at the dead buffalo cow . |
| 10 | They gazed down at the innocent football being kicked back and forth against the wall outside , the thwack of the ball booming in the street amongst the traffic noise . |
| 11 | She gazed down at the London horizon , its tranquillity pierced by hulks of office buildings . |
| 12 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
| 13 | He gazed down at the now peaceful face of the priest . |
| 14 | Allowing herself a moment of pity , Theodora gazed down at the vulnerable sleeping figure . |
| 15 | Gina gazed down at the map unseeingly , her mind preoccupied with the unhappy little scene in her own living-room . |
| 16 | She gazed down at the floor despondently . |
| 17 | The oriental gazed down at the broken body of his defeated enemy . |
| 18 | He walked up the hill near the farm and then reaching the summit gazed down at the farmhouse . |
| 19 | Her mother knelt down at the fireplace and lifted the iron grill from the front of the fireplace . |
| 20 | Witcher gaped down at the smoking hob in his chest . |
| 21 | Jonathan gaped down at the neat little hole in his chest . |
| 22 | When she returned to the kitchen , she sank down at the table and tried to eat a little of the food , conscious that Craig was watching her . |
| 23 | Once inside the house , Hari lit the candle and sank down at the table , her eyes heavy with tiredness and unshed tears . |
| 24 | ‘ Mummy will be cross , ’ she murmured , wrinkling her nose as she peered down at the long tear . |
| 25 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 26 | Francis stopped and peered down at the complex of buildings . |
| 27 | The Doctor snapped out of his reverie and peered down at the Cell , still clasped in Bernice 's grip . |
| 28 | The trainer leaned over me and peered down at the leg . |
| 29 | She peered down at the dark water in the basin below . |
| 30 | The grubby face of a young boy , not more than ten summers in age , peered down at the speaker through the tangled mass of overgrown shrubbery atop a high stone wall . |