Example sentences of "glance [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glances down at the final layer of glasses . |
| 2 | Carmichael glances up at the grubby banner , and he shrugs . |
| 3 | He glances round at the seventeen people — who are they ? : students ? , support-workers ? , staff ? — squeezed around the two tables . |
| 4 | Quick glance down at the clear water in the bowl . |
| 5 | A glance back at the collective situation of first generation Caribbeans in the UK is enough to understand why black parents do not encourage their children 's sporting endeavours . |
| 6 | Somehow , though , Leith 's sensitivity picked up a strained atmosphere as she pulled her glance back from the stocky man who had taken it into his head to start walking over . |
| 7 | Melissa glanced down at the powerful fingers with the powdering of sawdust round the nails and then up into the fierce black eyes , and her heart began to thump . |
| 8 | Then she paused and lifted the pillow and glanced down at the offending garments . |
| 9 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 10 | Tom stopped at the corner of the small road near the corset shop and glanced down at the tiny alleyway where the artist 's shop stood . |
| 11 | As they reached the door she glanced down at the small flower bed which gardeners in the congregation were trying to cultivate with more optimism than success in the unrewarding soil at the side of the path . |
| 12 | He glanced down at the mechanical bird caged at his feet . |
| 13 | Turning her head towards him , Laura glanced down at the rumped sheets on the mattress beside her . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She glanced down at the empty hearth , where the crumpled page had fallen and partly unfurled . |
| 16 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 17 | Paige glanced down at the steaming billy that she had balanced over two rocks . |
| 18 | As the old man reluctantly accepted a sip of water , he glanced over at the other bed . |
| 19 | He glanced over at the huge woman . |
| 20 | ‘ As you should know from your own experiences ’ — he glanced up at the framed portrait of Commonweal School staff and pupils , September 1948 — ‘ the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy . |
| 21 | She glanced up at the blackened night sky , pin-pointed with stars so wondrous that it made her feel like crying , and wished she were home , warm and safe in bed . |
| 22 | Hrun glanced up at the widening cracks and sighed . |
| 23 | George glanced up at the clear sky . |
| 24 | Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door . |
| 25 | Grant glanced out beyond the dangling figure . |
| 26 | Robyn swallowed and glanced out at the pouring rain , glanced at him , at the carved , arrogant profile that irked and thrilled her all at the same time and then at the rain again . |
| 27 | Which was true , Dillon admitted to himself as he glanced out of the rear window once more . |
| 28 | As she went through the hall , though , she glanced out of the front windows , and gave a loud groan as she saw Eleanor 's car parked on the drive outside . |
| 29 | And then she glanced out of the main kitchen window , the one that had a partial view of the terrace ; Angelica looked as well , and saw that they had a few customers arriving and looking around uncertainly at the unstaffed deck . |
| 30 | He glanced out of the open door to the garden . |