Example sentences of "glance [adv prt] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glances down at the table , as if the answer might be written on a beer mat . |
| 2 | He only glances up at the television occasionally , as he is intent on finishing these as quickly as possible in order to give himself ti me to write a letter home to his wife . |
| 3 | But something made him glance up at the lounge window as he approached . |
| 4 | A noisily closing door made them glance up at the ship 's sunlit bridge . |
| 5 | He glances back at the stones of the air shaft . |
| 6 | I glance in at the ASI — still reading 150 — then throw my heavy helmeted head back to see the white skyline creeping forward along the canopy . |
| 7 | And passing , glance in at the loo . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm . |
| 10 | ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him . |
| 11 | I glanced down at the kitchen . |
| 12 | Lorton took a Swan Vesta matchbox from his pocket and glanced down at the compass . |
| 13 | He glanced down at the girl beside him . |
| 14 | Still keeping an eye on the two men , he glanced down at the girl . |
| 15 | Her mind still racing , she glanced down at the map on the passenger seat and then headed towards the road that would take her to Mountpelier Lodge . |
| 16 | He glanced down at the sea , then back at Endill . |
| 17 | Yanto was aware of the wind in his face as the instructor glanced down at the flag man again . |
| 18 | Robyn glanced down at the chopping-board ; cooking for him would be bad enough , but others ? |
| 19 | As he glanced down at the menu in his hand , the one with the pictures drawn down the side , she could have sworn he was trying very hard not to smile . |
| 20 | Theodora glanced down at the floor . |
| 21 | Glen glanced down at the sergeant struggling to get up while clutching his aching groin . |
| 22 | The man glanced down at the needle . |
| 23 | I glanced down at the lissom length of her spine . |
| 24 | The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly . |
| 25 | Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She glanced down at the linoleum in despair . |
| 30 | She glanced down at the landing and the dizziness swept up to meet her . |