Example sentences of "glanced [adv] at " 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 | Harry 's voice evaporated to a whisper and he glanced nervously at Lorna . |
| 4 | He glanced nervously at his watch and made a hasty decision . |
| 5 | Chrissie came into the lounge , looking slight and fragile in her housecoat ; she glanced nervously at the two CI5 men . |
| 6 | She glanced nervously at the windows , wondering how they 'd hold out against fiercer gusts than those already battering the house . |
| 7 | Harry eased the big car past a large furniture van and glanced uneasily at the girl beside him . |
| 8 | He glanced uneasily at his own evening attire . |
| 9 | ‘ He has been calling for a … ’ he glanced importantly at his notebook ‘ … |
| 10 | They glanced shyly at him out of the corner of their eyes and giggled , remembering his appeal of the night before . |
| 11 | Catesby glanced despairingly at the ceiling ; still , the old steward was summoned and questioned . |
| 12 | Athelstan bowed , smiled thinly at the rest of the group , glanced despairingly at the snoring Cranston and led Sir Brian down the corridor . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I have n't drawn it for two years now , but … 'She glanced swiftly at her bag , her watch . |
| 15 | Sandra glanced swiftly at the man with the stick , wondering what he had in his pockets . |
| 16 | Miss Honey , at the side of the room glanced swiftly at Matilda . |
| 17 | Harry glanced swiftly at Madeleine , but she had turned her back on him so he was unable to see her reactions to father 's comments . |
| 18 | She was addressing Ward , not me , and she glanced pointedly at her watch . |
| 19 | He glanced enviously at the suit : plain black , with a waistcoat , four buttons at the cuff , whereas his only had three . |
| 20 | It had taken a long while , Harry thought as he glanced fondly at Cora-Beth , before he had got over Madeleine 's rejection of him and the shock of her marriage to Dunbar . |
| 21 | Lisa glanced defeatedly at the pile of papers , then with a heavy heart she gathered them up . |
| 22 | Charlotte glanced quizzically at Derek , who shrugged back at her . |
| 23 | Googol glanced perplexedly at the door , which was perfectly intact . |
| 24 | The husband glanced desperately at the front door . |
| 25 | She glanced uncertainly at Faye . |
| 26 | Isabel glanced uncertainly at Ellen . |
| 27 | Funny … he said and glanced absently at the paper . |
| 28 | Frederica glanced shrewdly at him . |
| 29 | The picture imp opened his tiny hatch , glanced momentarily at the scene around the pit , and vanished into the box . |
| 30 | He glanced aside at his grandfather , to see the old man 's eye on him . |