Example sentences of "glanced up at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He turned , and glanced up at the clock above the bar . |
| 4 | Feeling a little embarrassed , he quickly cleared his throat and glanced up at the clock . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She glanced up at the clock on the wall opposite . |
| 7 | She glanced up at the clock . |
| 8 | She glanced up at the girl standing before her and shook her head . |
| 9 | She turned the corner and glanced up at the hoarding above the cinema 's portico , to see what was to be her fate for the next three hours . |
| 10 | She glanced up at the stars to avoid looking at his face . |
| 11 | I glanced up at the sky , ‘ It 's going to be light pretty soon . ’ |
| 12 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 13 | As she got in , Maggie glanced up at the sky . |
| 14 | Outside again she glanced up at the sky which was a pale shade of blue . |
| 15 | He glanced up at the sky and remarked : ‘ There 's nowhere to go at this time of night ’ , at which I said that I would be going home , and moved off to the right . |
| 16 | He glanced up at the sky . |
| 17 | Jessica glanced up at the sky . |
| 18 | Travis glanced up at the lowering sun . |
| 19 | He slipped quietly in and glanced up at the windows and walls until his attention was drawn to a mop of fair hair sticking out from behind one of the back pews . |
| 20 | He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses . |
| 21 | Glanced up at the kitchen clock . |
| 22 | Theodora glanced up at the gallery above them and the blue and white fan tracery which arched over it . |
| 23 | Doyle moved further up the road , and glanced up at the bedroom windows . |
| 24 | She glanced up at the house . |
| 25 | She ran a hand through her hair and glanced up at the fighters again , one arm linked through Plummer 's . |
| 26 | He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned . |
| 27 | He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him . |
| 28 | Then turning her head , she glanced up at the sergeant , and with definite bitterness in her voice , said , ‘ I 'll never do that again . |
| 29 | Judith glanced up at the mantelpiece above the range where letters were always left and saw the familiar blue envelope . |
| 30 | I glanced up at the sails , down at the compass , then ahead to where the lighthouse loom arced powerfully through the night . |