Example sentences of "glance [adv] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glances back at the stones of the air shaft . |
| 2 | When I ask our guide who lives there , he glances disapprovingly at the slums . |
| 3 | I cast one longing glance up at the cliffs of Coire Ardair , where the sun was glancing off the icy tips of gleaming rock , and I knew that next time I 'd get the sucker . |
| 4 | She glanced nervously at the windows , wondering how they 'd hold out against fiercer gusts than those already battering the house . |
| 5 | Maggie glanced over at the Lawlers who were about a dozen feet from her . |
| 6 | She glanced up at the stars to avoid looking at his face . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses . |
| 9 | She ran a hand through her hair and glanced up at the fighters again , one arm linked through Plummer 's . |
| 10 | He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him . |
| 11 | I glanced up at the sails , down at the compass , then ahead to where the lighthouse loom arced powerfully through the night . |
| 12 | She glanced out at the humans . |
| 13 | She glanced back at the marquees , but there was no sign of Richard . |
| 14 | Sarah carried it carefully , but when she entered the dining room and glanced across at the guests she almost dropped it . |
| 15 | He took a deep breath and glanced round at the giants . |
| 16 | She was silent while the girl unloaded the tray then when they were alone again she shook out her serviette , glanced round at the others and said , ‘ When we 've had our lunch , Ken , you can take me to watch the donkey derby and we 'll leave these two to talk . ’ |
| 17 | He glanced round at the groups of people on the terrace , by the pool , strolling in the garden . |
| 18 | She glanced round at the cats to see how much food would be needed . |
| 19 | Auguste glanced anxiously at the children . |
| 20 | Artai could not have declared any public intent to marry Jehana , Alexei realised , or it would have been the talk of Kinsai. probably there were rumours — nothing was ever entirely a secret at court — and he glanced again at the women who clustered at the other end of the pool . |
| 21 | ‘ You 've got to be careful : they cause lots of trouble , ’ said Manoel , glancing nervously at the groups of patrolling military police and the slate-grey truck used to cart away vagrant minors who spend their days here sniffing glue , bathing in fountains , picking pockets and sleeping rough . |
| 22 | Donna sat in the sitting-room , glancing endlessly at the sheets of paper they 'd picked up from the bank that day and also at the notes Ward had left . |
| 23 | Behind her , a stone fell into the river and she turned , glancing up at the fires on the cliff and the dark clouds above the crags and ramparts of the fortress . |
| 24 | I 'll have to check the exact date , ’ she mumbled , then , glancing round at the others , she said , ‘ Are you quite sure you want to go again ? |
| 25 | General Froebe slipped on a pair of reading glasses , and shuffled through the papers on his desk , glancing briefly at the timetables and lists that adorned each one . |
| 26 | ‘ What I have n't told them , ’ he said , glancing again at the journalists , ‘ is that the released girl had a message to deliver and did n't deliver it . |