Example sentences of "glanced [adv prt] at [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked across , smiled , winked at her , and said ‘ Hi there … er = ’ He glanced down at a sheet in front of him . |
| 2 | He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm . |
| 3 | ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him . |
| 4 | He glanced down at the girl beside him . |
| 5 | Her mind still racing , she glanced down at the map on the passenger seat and then headed towards the road that would take her to Mountpelier Lodge . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Craig glanced down at the sheaf of papers lying on the small table beside him , brought to him earlier in the day by Edward Morris , papers that proved Craig 's innocence . |
| 8 | She glanced down at the linoleum in despair . |
| 9 | The father glanced down at the paper in his hand . |
| 10 | William glanced down at the list of stock he was cataloguing and sighed . |
| 11 | He glanced down at the label on the table to check . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 15 | He turned , and glanced up at the clock above the bar . |
| 16 | She glanced up at the clock on the wall opposite . |
| 17 | She turned the corner and glanced up at the hoarding above the cinema 's portico , to see what was to be her fate for the next three hours . |
| 18 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 19 | He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses . |
| 20 | Theodora glanced up at the gallery above them and the blue and white fan tracery which arched over it . |
| 21 | He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him . |
| 22 | Judith glanced up at the mantelpiece above the range where letters were always left and saw the familiar blue envelope . |
| 23 | He glanced out at a gang of starlings fighting over some breadcrumbs that had been tossed on the lawn . |
| 24 | He glanced out at the window at the oak tree where Rachel and his son were buried . |
| 25 | Fran glanced back at the heap of cuttings , frowning as she sorted through the pile . |
| 26 | He glanced back at the house as if afraid that it might pull up an anchor and set sail across the lawn after them . |
| 27 | And in the third part , " Tuami glanced back at the gap through the mountain and saw that it was full of golden light and the sun was sitting in it " . |
| 28 | He glanced round at the groups of people on the terrace , by the pool , strolling in the garden . |
| 29 | Wyn shook his head , then glanced round at the circle of villagers and the wailing old woman . |