Example sentences of "glanced [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glanced nervously around the smoky bar . |
| 2 | Horses , gun-dogs and books filled his day , and many a regicide glanced wrathfully at the nonchalant figure of the tall Englishman strolling unconcernedly in the highways and byways of Belgrade . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Then she paused and lifted the pillow and glanced down at the offending garments . |
| 5 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He glanced down at the mechanical bird caged at his feet . |
| 9 | Turning her head towards him , Laura glanced down at the rumped sheets on the mattress beside her . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She glanced down at the empty hearth , where the crumpled page had fallen and partly unfurled . |
| 12 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 13 | Paige glanced down at the steaming billy that she had balanced over two rocks . |
| 14 | The husband glanced desperately at the front door . |
| 15 | She glanced uncertainly around the large foyer . |
| 16 | As the old man reluctantly accepted a sip of water , he glanced over at the other bed . |
| 17 | He glanced over at the huge woman . |
| 18 | He glanced aside at the ginger-haired twins . |
| 19 | Exactly thirty minutes later , Shannon packed the last two brushes into an already crammed hold-all and glanced quickly round the small room , checking for anything she might have missed first time round . |
| 20 | She was tired out now , her eyes ached from lack of sleep and jet-lag , and she glanced longingly at the king-sized bed with its lace-trimmed peach silk sheets . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Hrun glanced up at the widening cracks and sighed . |
| 24 | George glanced up at the clear sky . |
| 25 | Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door . |
| 26 | The Corporal glanced sympathetically at the two figures on the floor and then he moved to the other end of the barn . |
| 27 | Grant glanced out beyond the dangling figure . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Which was true , Dillon admitted to himself as he glanced out of the rear window once more . |
| 30 | 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 . |