Example sentences of "glance [adv prt] of the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I glance out of the corner of my eye towards Dixie .
3 She glanced out of the kitchen window .
4 She glanced out of the kitchen door and said quickly , ‘ That 's all I wanted to say .
5 Swire Sugden looked at his watch and glanced out of the window as if he was expecting something .
6 She glanced out of the window into the dark as the pilot entered the cabin .
7 She glanced out of the window , to see that the wintry sun was already low in the sky .
8 Waller glanced out of the window at home and saw youths tampering with a neighbour 's car .
9 PCs Steve Woolway and Lynn Bishop glanced out of the window while having breakfast in the canteen — and nearly choked on their bacon and eggs .
10 He stopped talking as he glanced out of the window .
11 Kadan glanced out of the window , then drew back again .
12 I glanced out of the window .
13 She glanced out of the window at the empty pavement .
14 Self-conscious beneath his narrow-eyed scrutiny , she glanced out of the window again .
15 The car began to pick up speed , and Jessamy glanced out of the window .
16 She glanced out of the window as they drew into Kensal Green station .
17 Robyn thought as she glanced out of the window , re-reading the sign that gave her enormous satisfaction every time she had occasion to see it .
18 Instinctively , Clare glanced out of the window .
19 Sara glanced out of the window into the courtyard .
20 Even as she glanced out of the bedroom window , while changing into a riding habit , Gareth Davis approached the front door leading Moonbeam and Stephen 's magnificent black horse , Lightning .
21 She had n't been reading at all but had been glancing out of the window not seeing the gracious gardens that surrounded Summer Lodge , but planning ways to help Craig when he came to her .
22 Opposite him DS Stuart Finn was smoking a Marlboro , blowing out streams of smoke , alternately gazing into the depths of his tea cup and glancing out of the window .
23 Glancing out of the window , he saw they were drawing into Didcot station , the only stop before Swindon .
24 ‘ Is that what he told them ? ’ she murmured , glancing out of the window again .
25 I was standing up , offering to go downstairs to get more drinks , and glancing out of the window when I saw Jo .
26 Glancing out of the window , she said , ‘ Off you go , Sophie .
27 On the Friday evening , their last night , I came downstairs after a bath and was on my way to the kitchen to get supper when , in glancing out of the windows at the front , it seemed that a dense fog had developed .
28 The children did n't talk about the kidnapping , but kept glancing out of the windows and stopped trusting the adults who looked after them .
29 He paused for a moment to glance out of the window .
30 Got dressed ( glanced out of the window — hot again ) , made up ( Gothic again ) , sat on the edge of the bed and took out my envelope of dreams and scribbled down last night 's dream .
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