Example sentences of "[pers pn] glance [adv prt] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She glanced down at the empty hearth , where the crumpled page had fallen and partly unfurled . |
| 4 | He glances round at the seventeen people — who are they ? : students ? , support-workers ? , staff ? — squeezed around the two tables . |
| 5 | He glances down at the final layer of glasses . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | And he glanced round at the still-insensible Liam and threw away the cigarette in disgust . |
| 8 | As the old man reluctantly accepted a sip of water , he glanced over at the other bed . |
| 9 | He glanced over at the huge woman . |
| 10 | He glanced down at the mechanical bird caged at his feet . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He glanced back at the dead girl and smiled , as if to chide her gently for her folly . |