Example sentences of "[coord] glance [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He shook his head and glanced over to the children .
2 He took a deep breath and glanced round at the giants .
3 He turned , and glanced up at the clock above the bar .
4 Feeling a little embarrassed , he quickly cleared his throat and glanced up at the clock .
5 She turned the corner and glanced up at the hoarding above the cinema 's portico , to see what was to be her fate for the next three hours .
6 He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews .
7 Doyle moved further up the road , and glanced up at the bedroom windows .
8 She ran a hand through her hair and glanced up at the fighters again , one arm linked through Plummer 's .
9 ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him .
10 Lorton took a Swan Vesta matchbox from his pocket and glanced down at the compass .
11 Bodie shivered at the closeness of that escape , and glanced back to the wall where Nicky Stone was lounging .
12 Culley half-rose , but Cattini put out a hand to stop him , and glanced back at the barman who lifted a bottle and dug a highball glass into an ice-container .
13 In the reflection on the glass door he thought he saw a red glow from his car , and glanced back across the road .
14 Swire Sugden looked at his watch and glanced out of the window as if he was expecting something .
15 Opposite him DS Stuart Finn was smoking a Marlboro , blowing out streams of smoke , alternately gazing into the depths of his tea cup and glancing out of the window .
16 I was standing up , offering to go downstairs to get more drinks , and glancing out of the window when I saw Jo .
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