Example sentences of "glance [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He glanced down at the tourist . |
| 32 | The father glanced down at the paper in his hand . |
| 33 | Pascoe glanced down at the paper to check the number . |
| 34 | William glanced down at the list of stock he was cataloguing and sighed . |
| 35 | He glanced down at the label on the table to check . |
| 36 | As I eased down I glanced over at the clock ; it read 10.01 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | Maggie glanced over at the Lawlers who were about a dozen feet from her . |
| 40 | The Doctor glanced over at the carrying case . |
| 41 | He glanced over at the windspeed indicator . |
| 42 | Maggie glanced over at the punch bowl thinking she would n't mind some . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | She glanced up at the ceiling once , as if in appreciation of the solution to a tough puzzle that she 'd been unable to crack without help ; the tile was still stuck in the open position , and Charlie was in no state to clamber up there and fix it . |
| 45 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 46 | He turned , and glanced up at the clock above the bar . |
| 47 | Feeling a little embarrassed , he quickly cleared his throat and glanced up at the clock . |
| 48 | The muffled jangle of the bell disturbed her reverie , and she glanced up at the clock — it lacked a few minutes to three — her visitor was punctual as usual . |
| 49 | She glanced up at the clock on the wall opposite . |
| 50 | She glanced up at the clock . |
| 51 | She glanced up at the girl standing before her and shook her head . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | She glanced up at the stars to avoid looking at his face . |
| 54 | I glanced up at the sky , ‘ It 's going to be light pretty soon . ’ |
| 55 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 56 | As she got in , Maggie glanced up at the sky . |
| 57 | Outside again she glanced up at the sky which was a pale shade of blue . |
| 58 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
| 59 | He glanced up at the sky . |
| 60 | Jessica glanced up at the sky . |