Example sentences of "glance [adv prt] at [art] [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 When we adjourned to the lounge , he glanced down at a newspaper that had been cast aside , commenting in a murmur : ‘ the usual half-finished crossword ! ’
10 He looked across , smiled , winked at her , and said ‘ Hi there … er = ’ He glanced down at a sheet in front of him .
11 He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm .
12 ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him .
13 I glanced down at the kitchen .
14 Lorton took a Swan Vesta matchbox from his pocket and glanced down at the compass .
15 He glanced down at the girl beside him .
16 Still keeping an eye on the two men , he glanced down at the girl .
17 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 .
18 He glanced down at the sea , then back at Endill .
19 Yanto was aware of the wind in his face as the instructor glanced down at the flag man again .
20 Robyn glanced down at the chopping-board ; cooking for him would be bad enough , but others ?
21 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 .
22 Theodora glanced down at the floor .
23 Glen glanced down at the sergeant struggling to get up while clutching his aching groin .
24 The man glanced down at the needle .
25 I glanced down at the lissom length of her spine .
26 The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly .
27 Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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