Example sentences of "[adj] glance [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , he had n't seen her for a week before that weekend ; he had missed her — this with a baleful glance towards the door — and had indeed got as far as ringing her up on the Saturday morning , hoping she would come up for Sunday , but had got no answer from her flat . |
| 2 | On your right glance at the windows of the palace of 1493 . |
| 3 | With a last dissatisfied glance in the mirror , she left the bedroom and made her way downstairs , vaguely wondering why she did n't feel light of heart . |
| 4 | The club then proceeded St Aldhelm 's Head and later tea was taken at Purbeck House , with a hasty glance at the treasures there . |
| 5 | An appraising glance at the assembled company tells her how to begin , and the lesson advances spontaneously yet logically to a physically and artistically satisfying climax and conclusion . |
| 6 | As the music died away she sent a shimmering glance round the room , a glance designed to send every red-blooded man 's pulse racing just that little bit faster . |
| 7 | The two brothers exchanged an equivocal glance in the gloom ; their eyes flashed whitely to one another . |
| 8 | She disagrees with the implication that the DoH has cast a more favourable glance over the needs of health authorities and is adamant they are judged along the same lines as SSDs . |
| 9 | Sweeping a nervous glance around the dark garden , Loretta joined them in Puddephat 's sitting-room . |
| 10 | Casting a disgusted glance at the buckled trike and at the throng pouring past him , south-bound , Grimm trotted northwards after the Assassin . |
| 11 | I like the sweet easy syrup of Tia Maria , but dread the quizzical glance of the barman whenever I order it . |
| 12 | When Seb 's story came to an end , Giles Aplin cast a quizzical glance in the direction of the London detective . |
| 13 | He cast a sidelong glance through the window , as if ruminating on a philosophical problem . |
| 14 | She cast a quick , cautious glance at the little girl , fearing that she might have overheard , but Kirsty had slid down from her chair and was quite clearly totally absorbed in watching the antics of the hotel cat through the window . |
| 15 | ‘ I wo n't , ’ The rare , grave smile winged her face , then she reclaimed her empty jug with a reproachful glance at the red-beard , and continued on her way . |
| 16 | Cleo cast a dubious glance at the dogs who were all looking up at Lorimer with smiling , gaping mouths and wagging tails . |
| 17 | Yet a mere glance at the list will reveal the predominance of the I form ( 960 times in my count , taking all first-person forms : I/me/my/myself/mine ) and the You or Thou form ( 890 times , including thou/thee/thy/thine/thyself ; you/ye/your/yours/yourself ) , over the third-person forms , where these imply either a third-person account of the beloved ( He in Sonnets 1–126 : 51 times ; She in Sonnets 127–52 : 31 times ) or a reference to some third party with whom the poet or his beloved is having a relationship ( She in Sonnets 1–126 : 11 instances ; He in Sonnets 127–52 : 22 instances ; total 33 ) . |
| 18 | The young graduates lift the hair out of their eyes , and for an instant glance round the room at the rather good , slightly worn furnishings . |
| 19 | She sent one skeeteringly rapid glance across the tables at him and then , for a while , pretended to ignore his presence . |
| 20 | She turned to take a reassuring glance at the gondola , but it was no longer there . |
| 21 | Now , as a brief glance at the current catalogue will show , he is one of the most recorded composers of his generation . |
| 22 | After a brief glance at the two boxes of apples which were stacked in the corner , he sat on the end of the bed with Willie and talked about the poem he was writing . |
| 23 | She gave a brief glance at the screen , dropped her jaw by at least a metre , and walked backwards , first into the back wall , and then slowly and hypnotically down our aisle , past our row — in spite of our waving and hissing cries of ‘ Mummm ! ’ — then backwards again , eyes never leaving the screen , and past us in the other direction . |
| 24 | Think rather , ‘ When from France And those old German wars we came back here Already it was the mind 's swift haunting glance Towards the further past , that made time dear . ’ |
| 25 | She cast a suspicious glance over the lockers and then shook herself for her wild imaginings . |
| 26 | Stefan darted a suspicious glance across the table at him . |
| 27 | But the Substitute caught his movement and , with a quick sidelong smile and a rueful glance at the offending object , he leaned back in his seat and said solemnly : ‘ It 's my only vice . ’ |
| 28 | Luke ran a swift glance over the fine open fabric covering her bare shoulders , and Fran fought against a desire to snap back an answer , and lost . |
| 29 | From a swift glance at the back of a person 's head I can at once estimate the intelligence and sexuality of that person . |
| 30 | The Captain could n't avoid a swift glance at the shiny dome flanked by two tufts of grey hair . |