Example sentences of "a backward glance at " in BNC.
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| 1 | This being so , there is a case for casting a backward glance at attitudes of men and women of an earlier generation , whose lives had a limited span — like ours . |
| 2 | Twenty trainee drivers , moustaches bristling , risked a backward glance at the two lovelies at the fare stage , before riveting their attention once more on the words of wisdom being spouted by the clean-shaven official in command of the steering handle . |
| 3 | Leaving Funchal by the airport road , we can take many a backward glance at the town and harbour . |
| 4 | She did n't say that he had drunk three more large vodkas before leaving , without even a backward glance at her . |
| 5 | With which she stalked past him and into the hall without so much as a backward glance at Theda , standing by the desk , a look of new hope in her eyes . |
| 6 | Without a backward glance at Brooklands or the woman who stood watching them from the doorway , she pulled out into the flow of traffic , her tyres squealing on the loose gravel drive . |
| 7 | At the end of a busy year of celebrations , Dennis Farrington , Deputy Secretary and Registrar , casts a backward glance at the festivities . |