Example sentences of "look down [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From a gusty somewhere , God looks down on a world |
| 2 | Now , suddenly , a jay looks down from a hiding place in a lichened oak and slips away without breaking the silence : stealthy , cunning , typical of the inveterate egg thief . |
| 3 | I 'd also taken stock of just how deep the ravine was a yard or so to my right — on a previous visit to this rocky Brecon summit I 'd looked down on a pair of RAF Tornadoes streaking through on a high-adrenalin exercise . |
| 4 | He 'd never looked down on a human before . |
| 5 | In any other season you could have looked down from a ridge just below the pastures where the sheep were grazing and seen the village in miniature , a doll 's farm set in a patchwork of agricultural land that spread across the valley floor . |
| 6 | To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes . |
| 7 | Here stood the little house looking down through a frame of brown granite to the plain below . |
| 8 | We were at the rear of a crowd hundreds strong looking down upon a scene of devastation : shanties burnt and smouldering , shanties still burning , pouring forth black smoke . |
| 9 | In the north-west corner , four different birds are nesting in close company — the mute swan regally aloft on its large and bulky nest , looking down upon a coot nesting nearby in lesser estate , with two nests of great crested grebes almost awash amongst the reeds close by . |
| 10 | Looking down from a height of ten or twelve feet , she saw an old friend , the MGM lion . |
| 11 | Well this is the situation where you would ideally you do n't want to have to look down at a speedometer . |
| 12 | Above 1,200m you can often enjoy beautiful weather and look down on a sea of white clouds , with the occasional peak protruding through . |
| 13 | Alternatively , and no less awe-inspiring , if the cloud conditions are right , you ascend through the mist until you break out into the sun somewhere before the summit from where you look down on a sea of white cloud with many peaks bursting through . |
| 14 | In this small picture , you look down on a couple of hundred thousand people and their bodies are as invisible as microbes . |
| 15 | If you stand on a hill in winter when there is a thaw or look down from a motorway , especially in the Midlands , you can hardly miss the pattern of long parallel bands of snow , which are always the last to go from the hollows of the old ridge and furrow . |
| 16 | He turned around and looked down into a sea of human faces , below him . |
| 17 | Clinging close in the shelter of the stone , Harry looked down into a face suddenly vivid in the quickening light . |
| 18 | Paddy looked down for a moment at Joey , who beamed up at him , ‘ We gon na play checkers , Paddy ? ’ he called out suddenly and laughed . |
| 19 | He looked down with a smile . |
| 20 | She looked down with a fear that was also a pleasure at his stained , scarred hand . |
| 21 | High , frescoed ceilings looked down on a marble floor worn smooth over the centuries . |
| 22 | She looked down at a letter on the table in front of her , collecting her thoughts . |
| 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 . |