Example sentences of "glance [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Glen glanced down at the sergeant struggling to get up while clutching his aching groin . |
| 32 | The man glanced down at the needle . |
| 33 | I glanced down at the lissom length of her spine . |
| 34 | The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly . |
| 35 | Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk . |
| 36 | Craig glanced down at the sheaf of papers lying on the small table beside him , brought to him earlier in the day by Edward Morris , papers that proved Craig 's innocence . |
| 37 | She glanced down at the ring now , and found herself wondering , as she did occasionally , if it really was necessary for her to go on wearing it . |
| 38 | I glanced down at the limb I was illustratively wiggling , only to find an involuntary erection making my trousers stick out like an accusing finger . |
| 39 | She glanced down at the linoleum in despair . |
| 40 | She glanced down at the landing and the dizziness swept up to meet her . |
| 41 | He glanced down at the tourist . |
| 42 | The father glanced down at the paper in his hand . |
| 43 | Pascoe glanced down at the paper to check the number . |
| 44 | William glanced down at the list of stock he was cataloguing and sighed . |
| 45 | He glanced down at the label on the table to check . |
| 46 | Googol glanced perplexedly at the door , which was perfectly intact . |
| 47 | As I eased down I glanced over at the clock ; it read 10.01 . |
| 48 | He glanced over at the mirror every time she came near , longing to speak , and he drank in her loveliness like a man who has crossed a barren desert . |
| 49 | Only his rash brother , the Lord Edward , forced him to it , ’ and he glanced over at the Earl of Carrick , the said Lord Edward Bruce 's second son , who had now deemed it judicious to desert the Balliol cause . |
| 50 | Maggie glanced over at the Lawlers who were about a dozen feet from her . |
| 51 | The Doctor glanced over at the carrying case . |
| 52 | He glanced over at the windspeed indicator . |
| 53 | Maggie glanced over at the punch bowl thinking she would n't mind some . |
| 54 | He glanced over at the mound of tablecloths hastily borrowed from the tables of the unused tea-stall , under which the body of the late Councillor Phipps was now reposing . |
| 55 | Funny … he said and glanced absently at the paper . |
| 56 | The picture imp opened his tiny hatch , glanced momentarily at the scene around the pit , and vanished into the box . |
| 57 | Juliet glanced quickly at the girl as she folded up the stethoscope . |
| 58 | Every time that I passed the spot , over the next year or two , I glanced quickly at the building , then scooted past . |
| 59 | He glanced quickly at the hospitaller 's angry face . |
| 60 | Joseph glanced quickly at the emperor to see if he 'd heard and was surprised to find his expression uneasy beneath the bonnet-like crown that fitted close around his face . |