Example sentences of "glance [adv] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Horses , gun-dogs and books filled his day , and many a regicide glanced wrathfully at the nonchalant figure of the tall Englishman strolling unconcernedly in the highways and byways of Belgrade . |
| 2 | The husband glanced desperately at the front door . |
| 3 | He glanced aside at the ginger-haired twins . |
| 4 | She was tired out now , her eyes ached from lack of sleep and jet-lag , and she glanced longingly at the king-sized bed with its lace-trimmed peach silk sheets . |
| 5 | The casual offensiveness of the governor 's remarks was evident to the senator even before his aide finished his translation ; he glanced sharply at the Annamese , but it was impossible to gauge their reactions from their impassive faces . |
| 6 | Felicity glanced disdainfully at the battered warrior , a frown on her pretty face . |
| 7 | He had picked up the phone and was asking Celia to show their visitor up , James Morris glanced disdainfully at the new manager . |
| 8 | He glanced across at the strange boy again . |
| 9 | His weariness rebelled against the prospect and he glanced across at the opposite window in search of some clue as to his whereabouts . |
| 10 | Seated on the nearside front seat of the luxury coach , John Ashenden glanced across at the diminutive septuagenarian from California . |
| 11 | He glanced across at the waiting technicians and dismissed them with a gesture . |
| 12 | She glanced across at the dog-eared book of maps that lay on the passenger-seat beside her . |
| 13 | Kidd glanced across at the cornered Volkswagen , its terrified inhabitant , the three FBI men examining the empty attaché case , two more Yankees standing back and staring hopefully at the sky , and three of his colleagues trying to take statements . |
| 14 | He glanced briefly at the written note , put it aside and went on with the meeting . |
| 15 | She glanced meaningfully at the linked hands of Juliet and David . |
| 16 | As the hospital grew bigger and nearer , she glanced again at the little boy and saw with horror that he was tiny . |
| 17 | He glanced contemptuously at the unconscious man . |
| 18 | In an attempt to prove they were unaffected by this , they raised their voices as they chatted to each other , and pretended not to glance uneasily at the nearby rectangles of darker , freshly turned earth . |
| 19 | Once she raised her head to glance across at the still figure of Travis . |
| 20 | Many of us have glanced across at a middle-aged couple sitting at a nearby table in a restaurant and noticed their complete lack of communication . |