Example sentences of "glanced [adv prt] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm .
2 ‘ Ah , yes , ’ Farouk cut in and glanced down at the notepad in front of him .
3 I glanced down at the kitchen .
4 Lorton took a Swan Vesta matchbox from his pocket and glanced down at the compass .
5 He glanced down at the girl beside him .
6 Still keeping an eye on the two men , he glanced down at the girl .
7 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 .
8 He glanced down at the sea , then back at Endill .
9 Yanto was aware of the wind in his face as the instructor glanced down at the flag man again .
10 Robyn glanced down at the chopping-board ; cooking for him would be bad enough , but others ?
11 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 .
12 Theodora glanced down at the floor .
13 Glen glanced down at the sergeant struggling to get up while clutching his aching groin .
14 The man glanced down at the needle .
15 I glanced down at the lissom length of her spine .
16 The boy glanced down at the dog and looked up almost defiantly .
17 Lucy glanced down at the book lying open on the desk .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 She glanced down at the linoleum in despair .
22 She glanced down at the landing and the dizziness swept up to meet her .
23 He glanced down at the tourist .
24 The father glanced down at the paper in his hand .
25 Pascoe glanced down at the paper to check the number .
26 William glanced down at the list of stock he was cataloguing and sighed .
27 He glanced down at the label on the table to check .
28 As I eased down I glanced over at the clock ; it read 10.01 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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