Example sentences of "[pers pn] glance at [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She glanced at her tousled appearance in the mirror , and hesitated .
2 She glanced at her own reflection in the mirror and the answer came with the suddenness of a hammer blow .
3 She glanced at her left hand as if she 'd forgotten the fact , and was instantly ashamed to find herself wishing she had n't been wearing the showy diamond solitaire .
4 She glanced at his strong profile , staring ahead at the snowbound road .
5 She glanced at his half-seen profile with the sunset flashing over his cheekbones as the ship banked for landing .
6 After presenting me with a bag of tomatoes , she glanced at my mangled leg and made the pronouncement .
7 He glanced at her draggled hair beside Marion 's flowing curls , and started to grin .
8 Instead he glanced at her delicate china tea-cup and saucer and marvelled afresh that he had never , in all his life , actually seen her eat .
9 He glanced at her blue satin blouse .
10 He glanced at her left hand .
11 He glanced at her woebegone face , his eyes intent and probing .
12 He glanced at his sodden list under the street-lamp .
13 He glanced at his young companion ; a thin scrag of a man , with a long thin nose and small sunken eyes .
14 He glanced at his young colleague , Matthew .
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