"I met his mother on the road and she agreed to have him work for me," he said, looking down at the ground.

We both looked down at the ground as he spoke.

Finally he shook his head and looked down at the ground.

The boy looked down at the ground and said nothing.

He looked down at the ground and lowered his voice.

They looked down at the ground on the other side, a dozen feet away.

It was very high up and I suddenly looked down at the ground.

So now he was just looking down at the ground, thinking.

He looked down at the ground and shook his head.

He looked down at the ground as if deciding what to say next.