Example sentences of "[pers pn] glance [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 2 | Chrissie came into the lounge , looking slight and fragile in her housecoat ; she glanced nervously at the two CI5 men . |
| 3 | She glanced meaningfully at the linked hands of Juliet and David . |
| 4 | As the hospital grew bigger and nearer , she glanced again at the little boy and saw with horror that he was tiny . |
| 5 | She glanced around with an innocent expression on her face , but all eyes were on the Doctor 's antics . |
| 6 | She glanced up at the blackened night sky , pin-pointed with stars so wondrous that it made her feel like crying , and wished she were home , warm and safe in bed . |
| 7 | She glanced uncertainly around the large foyer . |
| 8 | She glanced over to the two male nursing orderlies testing an oxygen tent in the far corner . |
| 9 | She was tired out now , her eyes ached from lack of sleep and jet-lag , and she glanced longingly at the king-sized bed with its lace-trimmed peach silk sheets . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She glanced down at the empty hearth , where the crumpled page had fallen and partly unfurled . |
| 12 | She glanced across at the dog-eared book of maps that lay on the passenger-seat beside her . |
| 13 | She glanced back towards the narrow terrace and said , ‘ It 's very nice . |
| 14 | As she went through the hall , though , she glanced out of the front windows , and gave a loud groan as she saw Eleanor 's car parked on the drive outside . |
| 15 | And then she glanced out of the main kitchen window , the one that had a partial view of the terrace ; Angelica looked as well , and saw that they had a few customers arriving and looking around uncertainly at the unstaffed deck . |
| 16 | Somehow , though , Leith 's sensitivity picked up a strained atmosphere as she pulled her glance back from the stocky man who had taken it into his head to start walking over . |
| 17 | He glances round at the seventeen people — who are they ? : students ? , support-workers ? , staff ? — squeezed around the two tables . |
| 18 | He glances down at the final layer of glasses . |
| 19 | He glanced nervously around the smoky bar . |
| 20 | ‘ As you should know from your own experiences ’ — he glanced up at the framed portrait of Commonweal School staff and pupils , September 1948 — ‘ the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy . |
| 21 | And he glanced round at the still-insensible Liam and threw away the cigarette in disgust . |
| 22 | He glanced round in the darkened room . |
| 23 | He glanced briefly at the written note , put it aside and went on with the meeting . |
| 24 | As the old man reluctantly accepted a sip of water , he glanced over at the other bed . |
| 25 | He glanced over at the huge woman . |
| 26 | He glanced down at the mechanical bird caged at his feet . |
| 27 | But even then , when she was standing upright beside him , he made no attempt to release her hand and Rachel was only too aware of his appraising glance as he glanced down at the wet jade swimsuit tightly moulded to her slight , almost boyish figure before abruptly she snatched her hand away and walked quickly to the changing-rooms . |
| 28 | Which was true , Dillon admitted to himself as he glanced out of the rear window once more . |
| 29 | Looking grim as he glanced out of the small , bedroom window , Bodie nodded . |
| 30 | He glanced out of the open door to the garden . |