Example sentences of "he [verb] down at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Andrew is a very complex character as a man , but when he 's composing , he 's just like anybody else — he sits down at the piano looking for the tune , " explains Black . |
| 2 | if you like the germ of the idea of the poem is alive in his mind because he sits down at the page thinking I 'm going to write a poem . |
| 3 | He gazed down at the bunker , head bent and quiet , as though paying his respects . |
| 4 | He gazed down at the now peaceful face of the priest . |
| 5 | He looks down at the fag packet and taps it round another couple of revolutions on the table . |
| 6 | He looks down at the table , smiling , and draws a face by running his finger through a ring of beer . |
| 7 | He glances down at the final layer of glasses . |
| 8 | He glances down at the table , as if the answer might be written on a beer mat . |
| 9 | Ashley enquired , as he peered down at the instrument panel . |
| 10 | He glanced down at the sea , then back at Endill . |
| 11 | He glanced down at the label on the table to check . |
| 12 | He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm . |
| 13 | He glanced down at the girl beside him . |
| 14 | Still keeping an eye on the two men , he glanced down at the girl . |
| 15 | He glanced down at the mechanical bird caged at his feet . |
| 16 | He glanced down at the tourist . |
| 17 | As he glanced down at the menu in his hand , the one with the pictures drawn down the side , she could have sworn he was trying very hard not to smile . |
| 18 | But even then , when she was standing upright beside him , he made no attempt to release her hand and Rachel was only too aware of his appraising glance as he glanced down at the wet jade swimsuit tightly moulded to her slight , almost boyish figure before abruptly she snatched her hand away and walked quickly to the changing-rooms . |
| 19 | And er he went round and I do n't know I never heard him playing the fiddle , but they said he was very good at fiddling , but he was a grand one for old stories , , and er he was just doing farms here and there so Then eventually he turned so old he 'd only one dog and then er he died down at the D At a place called the Doonie And this man D Duncan , he had just an er one of the er I think one of the tramps from Blair Gowrie was working to him and he came up and told my father and my father went down to see about him , you see him being in the parish council . |
| 20 | Now he looked down at the table top , then sideways at his colleagues and back at Cameron . |
| 21 | He looked down at the scatter of handwritten pages spread all over the table , and tensed his body as though anticipating a blow . |
| 22 | He looked down at the men lying there , unconscious , breathing shallowly ; and Luch jerked to wakefulness and tensed as his hand moved to his dirk … |
| 23 | He looked down at the girl and was moved . |
| 24 | The next morning , at breakfast , he looked down at the little girl sitting in her baby chair . |
| 25 | Except — ’ He looked down at the trenches of scattered earth . |
| 26 | Then the thought eddied away again out of the grasp of his mind ; he looked down at the subservient curve of the boy 's back , found his rhythm again , pumped , and came . |
| 27 | Tiptoeing over to the crib , he looked down at the red wrinkled face of the sleeping child . |
| 28 | He looked down at the copious notes in front of him and cleared his throat again . |
| 29 | He looked down at the drenched figures of the boy and dog . |
| 30 | He looked down at the book , clenched his hands and held . |