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

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1 He glances back at the stones of the air shaft .
2 He glances down at the table , as if the answer might be written on a beer mat .
3 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 .
4 He glanced up at the sky .
5 He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses .
6 He glanced up at the spy-hole and grinned .
7 He glanced up at the mantel clock , then across at Mrs Burger .
8 He stared back at the Cages , he glanced up at the trees behind them , he stared at the people who stared at him .
9 He glanced round at the groups of people on the terrace , by the pool , strolling in the garden .
10 He glanced over at the windspeed indicator .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 He glanced over at the mound of tablecloths hastily borrowed from the tables of the unused tea-stall , under which the body of the late Councillor Phipps was now reposing .
14 He glanced down at the basket of fresh-baked bread on her arm .
15 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 .
16 He glanced down at the girl beside him .
17 Still keeping an eye on the two men , he glanced down at the girl .
18 He glanced down at the sea , then back at Endill .
19 He glanced down at the label on the table to check .
20 He glanced down at the tourist .
21 He glanced out at the window at the oak tree where Rachel and his son were buried .
22 He glanced back at the boiler .
23 He glanced back at the house as if afraid that it might pull up an anchor and set sail across the lawn after them .
24 He glanced back at the house and she wondered who was in the kitchen .
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