Example sentences of "glance [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I glanced down at the lissom length of her spine . |
| 32 | The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly . |
| 33 | Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | She glanced down at the linoleum in despair . |
| 38 | She glanced down at the landing and the dizziness swept up to meet her . |
| 39 | He glanced down at the tourist . |
| 40 | The father glanced down at the paper in his hand . |
| 41 | Pascoe glanced down at the paper to check the number . |
| 42 | William glanced down at the list of stock he was cataloguing and sighed . |
| 43 | He glanced down at the label on the table to check . |
| 44 | In a fog I crawled out of bed to pick up a blanket which had fallen on the floor , and as I did so I glanced through into the living room and made out , in the darkness , Changez Lying on his camp-bed watching me . |
| 45 | Well into her stride now , she glanced over towards the mystery man , wondering if that expressionless façade had finally dissolved into a smile . |
| 46 | As I eased down I glanced over at the clock ; it read 10.01 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | Maggie glanced over at the Lawlers who were about a dozen feet from her . |
| 50 | The Doctor glanced over at the carrying case . |
| 51 | He glanced over at the windspeed indicator . |
| 52 | Maggie glanced over at the punch bowl thinking she would n't mind some . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | He glanced over to the prodigy at the window . |
| 55 | He shook his head and glanced over to the children . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | He turned , and glanced up at the clock above the bar . |
| 59 | Feeling a little embarrassed , he quickly cleared his throat and glanced up at the clock . |
| 60 | 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 . |