Example sentences of "glanced at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glanced at all the bits of paper hanging higgledy-piggledy on the furniture and walls . |
| 2 | They all glanced at each other in dismay . |
| 3 | The word was high-pitched and the sisters glanced at each other and laughed in their different keys , and they all repeated together , ‘ Me ? ’ and Belle , looking from Rene to Florence , said , ‘ Who does she think is going to wear it , one of us ? ’ |
| 4 | They both glanced at each other before saying , ‘ Yes ’ together , and when the supervisor said , ‘ Oh , one will do , ’ Maggie on a tired laugh said , ‘ It 's all or nothing . ’ |
| 5 | As we glanced at each other , we shuddered with apprehension . |
| 6 | When you 've ploughed your way through all that mail , glanced at each report and discarded the promotional bumph , the last thing you might want to do is read a book or journal on management . |
| 7 | We glanced at each other , and I pulled a long , apprehensive face . |
| 8 | Scott glanced at each of the policemen in turn , then motioned to the chairs close to his desk . |
| 9 | The girls glanced at each other then Anne smiled cheerfully . |
| 10 | Huy and Merymose glanced at each other , and withdrew . |
| 11 | Algernon and Heinrich glanced at each other . |
| 12 | James and Algernon glanced at each other . |
| 13 | They glanced at each other , and the same recognition struck them both . |
| 14 | Both young men then glanced at each other , clamming up in some embarrassment as they recalled that the fortune they were at this moment vying for had been lost by Benedict Beckenham , for the story of the will was naturally common knowledge among his intimates . |
| 15 | So far as I can reconstruct events , I was gazing at the water jug when the exchange started ; I discovered I was smiling when I realized that Anne was watching me ; whereupon I looked at her interrogatively ; she looked at the water jug with a slight frown ; Millie glanced at each of us in turn , then picked up her dessert spoon and studied that instead ; I watched her smiling at the spoon ; which made me start smiling again ; which made Anne start looking at me again ; which … kept us all occupied throughout the main course . |
| 16 | He nodded and there followed an awkward silence where Julie and Nina must have become aware of the tension , for they glanced at each other at the same moment as a patient arrived in the centre . |
| 17 | There was silence as they glanced at each other , and Sophie said irritably , ‘ It 's exactly as I said . |
| 18 | The parents glanced at each other and Mrs Hobden nodded slowly . |
| 19 | Nuadu glanced at this and saw that there might once have been verdant greenery , perhaps even a small forest . |
| 20 | He glanced at both men . |
| 21 | I just glanced at both your hands earlier on , just glanced , you know , and I seemed to see something quite unexpected written there . |
| 22 | Juron glanced at those two contentious spirits . |
| 23 | He glanced at another sheaf of papers . |