Example sentences of "glance at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glances at the kitchen clock . |
| 2 | David Spiller glances at the newspaper coverage of the Headingley Test |
| 3 | The other one glances at the sunset and remarks , Ha , it looks like being a wet day tomorrow . |
| 4 | He opens the inner front door that leads to the enclosed porch and glances at the doormat . |
| 5 | Yvonne glances at the pyramid with what might be contempt . |
| 6 | In a conscious break from recent lengthy works such as his trilogy ‘ In Penumbria ’ , ‘ Nexus ’ and ‘ An Adjustment of Expectations ’ , in ‘ Beach Bodies ’ Adrian Gatie glances at the summer visitors to our beaches . |
| 7 | He thumbs through it , glances at the summary and goes red in the face . |
| 8 | An analogue watch user will just glance at the timepiece and say , ‘ … it 's about a quarter to five ’ . |
| 9 | Flavia saw Andrée glance at the square of oil-cloth off which she ate her meals . |
| 10 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 11 | The chorus-master , you may say , could move forward and glance at the baton ; so he does : but … if a crowd of dancers occupies the downstage area , the baton is no longer visible . |
| 12 | Very often , during the assessment interview , the therapist might glance at the client 's completed inventories and adapt their line of questioning , or confirm a particular response . |
| 13 | Time 's getting on and you glance at the clock , |
| 14 | Irritated you glance at the sky ‘ must be going to rain ’ you mutter . |
| 15 | Look at the words of the hymns , glance at the dates and link them in with the theories we have discussed , and I can promise you that it will all make a little more sense and make it even more evident how our hymn-writers wrestled with the meaning of the cross . |
| 16 | After a few touch-and-goes I was able to clean-up slickly : throttles carefully forward a couple of inches at main-wheel touch ( no automatic fuel control below 16,000 rpm ) , hold the nose-wheel an inch or two off the tarmac and retract the airbrakes ( thumb switch up for speed-up ) , a bit more throttle , flaps to fifteen ( toggle switch on side console forward — do n't even contemplate touching that too-obtrusive up-and-down flap-shaped undercarriage selector in the corner of you eye on the panel ahead ) , more power , the roar deepens with a steady push from behind , glance at the ASI , full throttle , speed building through ninety , rotate , positive climb , gear up , speed 120 , flaps up speed 170 , crank on the bank and we are downwind again . |
| 17 | Perhaps your secretary or some other intelligent person can sit alongside you and jot down , unobtrusively , the main points made by other speakers and indicate who is speaking so that you can look at them and glance at the notes alternately . |
| 18 | ( A glance at the index of just about any reputable general text-book of modern Russian history will confirm this . ) |
| 19 | Glance at the sentences and memorize the next few phrases and look at the audience while you are speaking . |
| 20 | Glance at the paper ; no particular interest in petrol queues or Ireland without Whitelaw , so he settled down to think about Jacqui and Steen . |
| 21 | I glance at the price-list near by and quote cost . |
| 22 | It seems almost like the beginning of time when visitors to Welford Road first saw dear old Dusty tee up the ball , meticulously pace his couple of steps back and sideways , pause , take a deep breath , glance at the target and then , slick as clockwork , sidle up and caress the ball between the posts . |
| 23 | I glance at the gun on his hip . |
| 24 | A half glance at the congregation , then back to eyeing the piece of paper . |
| 25 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 26 | She glanced at the screwdriver he still held in his hand . |
| 27 | He glanced at the window , and the boy nodded . |
| 28 | I glanced at the window . |
| 29 | And then she glanced at the window ; the darkness outside was complete . |
| 30 | She glanced at the windows , where the rain had almost ceased . |