Example sentences of "glanced [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It drew the hungry child from his bed to the landing , where he glanced nervously at the Bogeyman 's room before creeping on tip-toe along the strip of faded carpet . |
| 2 | Rose glanced nervously at the door . |
| 3 | Chrissie came into the lounge , looking slight and fragile in her housecoat ; she glanced nervously at the two CI5 men . |
| 4 | She glanced nervously at the windows , wondering how they 'd hold out against fiercer gusts than those already battering the house . |
| 5 | Harry eased the big car past a large furniture van and glanced uneasily at the girl beside him . |
| 6 | Catesby glanced despairingly at the ceiling ; still , the old steward was summoned and questioned . |
| 7 | Athelstan bowed , smiled thinly at the rest of the group , glanced despairingly at the snoring Cranston and led Sir Brian down the corridor . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Sandra glanced swiftly at the man with the stick , wondering what he had in his pockets . |
| 10 | He glanced enviously at the suit : plain black , with a waistcoat , four buttons at the cuff , whereas his only had three . |
| 11 | Lisa glanced defeatedly at the pile of papers , then with a heavy heart she gathered them up . |
| 12 | He looked across , smiled , winked at her , and said ‘ Hi there … er = ’ He glanced down at a sheet in front of him . |
| 13 | When we adjourned to the lounge , he glanced down at a newspaper that had been cast aside , commenting in a murmur : ‘ the usual half-finished crossword ! ’ |
| 14 | He glanced down at the sea , then back at Endill . |
| 15 | She glanced down at the linoleum in despair . |
| 16 | Yanto was aware of the wind in his face as the instructor glanced down at the flag man again . |
| 17 | I glanced down at the limb I was illustratively wiggling , only to find an involuntary erection making my trousers stick out like an accusing finger . |
| 18 | I glanced down at the kitchen . |
| 19 | The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly . |
| 20 | He glanced down at the label on the table to check . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The father glanced down at the paper in his hand . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She glanced down at the landing and the dizziness swept up to meet her . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She glanced down at the empty hearth , where the crumpled page had fallen and partly unfurled . |
| 27 | Galvone glanced down at the wall-to-wall shag carpet , shrugged . |
| 28 | William glanced down at the list of stock he was cataloguing and sighed . |
| 29 | Whitlock noticed the holster affixed to the guard 's belt , then glanced down at the leashed Doberman sitting obediently beside him . |
| 30 | ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him . |