Example sentences of "glance [adv prt] [prep] 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 | And lying back with a smile , he glances over towards the colour TV in the corner of the room . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But something made him glance up at the lounge window as he approached . |
| 5 | A noisily closing door made them glance up at the ship 's sunlit bridge . |
| 6 | From time to time she would glance back into the room , her eyes coming to rest on the casually seated figure of Tsu Ma . |
| 7 | As the sun begins to rise she glances out of the window and recalls how she chose this film from all the offers which came pouring in after success on the small screen and on record . |
| 8 | Charlotte saw him glance out through the window and clench his teeth before turning back to face Ursula . |
| 9 | He glances back at the stones of the air shaft . |
| 10 | Here and here only the storyteller glances back to the contest at Peniel . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And passing , glance in at the loo . |
| 13 | Just before leaving , glance up to the left to see the glazed window through which Franz Kafka gazed upon Catholic services in church from his parents ' flat next door . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I glance out of the corner of my eye towards Dixie . |
| 16 | What was this man — she glanced down to the bottom of the page , to where his signature was scrawled — this man Charles Austin going on about ? |
| 17 | He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him . |
| 19 | I glanced down at the kitchen . |
| 20 | Lorton took a Swan Vesta matchbox from his pocket and glanced down at the compass . |
| 21 | He glanced down at the girl beside him . |
| 22 | Still keeping an eye on the two men , he glanced down at the girl . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He glanced down at the sea , then back at Endill . |
| 25 | Yanto was aware of the wind in his face as the instructor glanced down at the flag man again . |
| 26 | Robyn glanced down at the chopping-board ; cooking for him would be bad enough , but others ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Theodora glanced down at the floor . |
| 29 | Glen glanced down at the sergeant struggling to get up while clutching his aching groin . |
| 30 | The man glanced down at the needle . |