Example sentences of "he glanced [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It drew the hungry child from his bed to the landing , where he glanced nervously at the Bogeyman 's room before creeping on tip-toe along the strip of faded carpet . |
| 2 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
| 3 | He glanced up at the sky . |
| 4 | He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses . |
| 5 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
| 6 | He glanced up at the mantel clock , then across at Mrs Burger . |
| 7 | He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him . |
| 8 | He glanced round at the groups of people on the terrace , by the pool , strolling in the garden . |
| 9 | He glanced over at the windspeed indicator . |
| 10 | He glanced over at the mirror every time she came near , longing to speak , and he drank in her loveliness like a man who has crossed a barren desert . |
| 11 | Only his rash brother , the Lord Edward , forced him to it , ’ and he glanced over at the Earl of Carrick , the said Lord Edward Bruce 's second son , who had now deemed it judicious to desert the Balliol cause . |
| 12 | He glanced over at the mound of tablecloths hastily borrowed from the tables of the unused tea-stall , under which the body of the late Councillor Phipps was now reposing . |
| 13 | He glanced again at the wallet . |
| 14 | Artai could not have declared any public intent to marry Jehana , Alexei realised , or it would have been the talk of Kinsai. probably there were rumours — nothing was ever entirely a secret at court — and he glanced again at the women who clustered at the other end of the pool . |
| 15 | He glanced enviously at the suit : plain black , with a waistcoat , four buttons at the cuff , whereas his only had three . |
| 16 | He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm . |
| 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 | He glanced down at the girl beside him . |
| 19 | Still keeping an eye on the two men , he glanced down at the girl . |
| 20 | He glanced down at the sea , then back at Endill . |
| 21 | He glanced down at the label on the table to check . |
| 22 | He glanced down at the tourist . |
| 23 | He glanced quickly at the hospitaller 's angry face . |
| 24 | He glanced out at the window at the oak tree where Rachel and his son were buried . |
| 25 | He glanced irritably at the man 's corpse , still on the slab . |
| 26 | He glanced back at the boiler . |
| 27 | He glanced back at the house as if afraid that it might pull up an anchor and set sail across the lawn after them . |
| 28 | He glanced back at the house and she wondered who was in the kitchen . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , ’ he said at last and he glanced across at the table . |
| 30 | ‘ My lady , ’ he said , ‘ before Sir Brian or Sir Fulke , ’ he glanced contemptuously at the girl 's uncle who still sat slumped in his chair , ‘ challenge me to a duel , I apologise profusely . ’ |