Example sentences of "glance up at the " in BNC.

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1 He only glances up at the television occasionally , as he is intent on finishing these as quickly as possible in order to give himself ti me to write a letter home to his wife .
2 Carmichael glances up at the grubby banner , and he shrugs .
3 A noisily closing door made them glance up at the ship 's sunlit bridge .
4 But something made him glance up at the lounge window as he approached .
5 I cast one longing glance up at the cliffs of Coire Ardair , where the sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock , and I knew that next time I 'd get the sucker .
6 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 .
7 I glanced up at the sky , ‘ It 's going to be light pretty soon . ’
8 He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned .
9 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 .
10 As she got in , Maggie glanced up at the sky .
11 Outside again she glanced up at the sky which was a pale shade of blue .
12 Thiercelin glanced up at the ornate gilded clock above the main entrance .
13 He turned , and glanced up at the clock above the bar .
14 George glanced up at the clear sky .
15 Feeling a little embarrassed , he quickly cleared his throat and glanced up at the clock .
16 He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews .
17 I glanced up at the sails , down at the compass , then ahead to where the lighthouse loom arced powerfully through the night .
18 Doyle moved further up the road , and glanced up at the bedroom windows .
19 Then turning her head , she glanced up at the sergeant , and with definite bitterness in her voice , said , ‘ I 'll never do that again .
20 She glanced up at the girl standing before her and shook her head .
21 The muffled jangle of the bell disturbed her reverie , and she glanced up at the clock — it lacked a few minutes to three — her visitor was punctual as usual .
22 He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him .
23 Judith glanced up at the mantelpiece above the range where letters were always left and saw the familiar blue envelope .
24 Judith glanced up at the blue and white JNF money-box , with the map of Palestine embossed on its face , standing on the mantelpiece next to Molly 's letter .
25 She ran a hand through her hair and glanced up at the fighters again , one arm linked through Plummer 's .
26 She glanced up at the clock on the wall opposite .
27 She glanced up at the clock .
28 Now he hardly glanced up at the dressing-gowned figure standing at the door .
29 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 .
30 She glanced up at the ceiling once , as if in appreciation of the solution to a tough puzzle that she 'd been unable to crack without help ; the tile was still stuck in the open position , and Charlie was in no state to clamber up there and fix it .
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