Example sentences of "[adj] look down [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing finer than standing on the edge of a Dales hill like this looking down at the landscape strung out below . |
| 2 | To him , even then , it had been history , and it somehow deserved ill-fortune ; in the heedless fashion of the American suburbs it seemed right to look down on the refugees from an old , superstition-riven world . |
| 3 | Square white buildings , three storeys high , sat at regular intervals on the slope , all looking down towards the parade ground . |
| 4 | They eventually approached Berwick from the north-west , rounding the skirts of Halidon Hill , and from there able to look down on the grey town at the wide mouth of Tweed , two miles off . |
| 5 | By first establishing a formal highpoint , the critics are then able to look down upon the content , ‘ objectively ’ pointing out the division which they claim exists ( which in fact they have helped to construct ) between the two . |
| 6 | But soon it might be depressing to look down from the Topping . |
| 7 | The opening episode of ‘ The Daleks ’ , ‘ The Dead Planet ’ premiers the use of Inlay in Doctor Who for one of the most historic shots in the programme 's history — the awesome moment when the Doctor , Ian , Barbara and Susan first look down at the glittering towers of the Dalek city , gleaming , some miles distant , in the rays of the setting sun . |
| 8 | ‘ What 's she staring at ? ’ said Gazzer to Bella as they both looked down from the pier gardens . |