I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a nervous look/glance
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Lucy swallowed as she sent him a nervous glance.
a nod/smile/glance/look of approval
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‘You’ve thought of everything,’ she said with a smile of approval.
a warning look/glance
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She gave me a warning look, but I carried on.
an approving nod/glance/smile etc
cast a look/glance at sb/sth
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She cast an anguished look at Guy.
cast sb a glance/look
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The young tramp cast him a wary glance.
curious look/glance
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Her shouting attracted some curious glances from other people in the restaurant.
cursory glance/look
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Even a cursory glance at the figures will tell you that sales are down.
furtive glances/looks
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Chris kept stealing furtive glances at me.
gave...sidelong glance
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He gave Oliver a sidelong glance .
glancing sidelong
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‘You looked very well this morning,’ she added, glancing sidelong at him.
look at/glance at your watch
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I looked at my watch. It was 4.30.
look/glance at the clock
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She looked at the clock. It was eight thirty.
look/glance in a direction
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She looked in the direction that Jeremy was pointing.
look/glance over your shoulder (= look behind you )
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He glanced over his shoulder and grinned at me.
see at a glance (= find out very easily )
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By looking at this leaflet, you can see at a glance how much a loan will cost.
shoot sb a quick/sharp/warning etc look/glance
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‘You’re welcome to stay as long as you like.’ Michelle shot him a furious glance.
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Jack shot an anxious look at his mother.
sideways glance
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a sideways glance
surreptitious glance
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Rory tried to sneak a surreptitious glance at Adam’s wristwatch.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
across
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The instant they landed, she glanced across at the paper.
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I glanced across at Leese, but I could not see his face.
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He smiled and sipped his drink, glancing across at the phone as he refilled his glass.
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She returned his smile as she stepped inside the office, glancing across at Scott's desk.
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He glanced across to where the women sat.
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She glanced across at the Laboratory clock.
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Peggy glanced across at the six women seated nearby.
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He stood up, glancing across at the photograph of his wife on the desk.
again
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And yet today she had glanced again and again at her hand, and found herself remembering.
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Julie didn't answer, but drove on towards the traffic lights, glancing again in the rear-view mirror.
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He glanced again at the petrol gauge.
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McLeish glanced again at his watch - eleven-thirty p.m.
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Every few minutes she glanced again at the postcard.
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As he took his hostess's arm and led her into the dining-room, he did not glance again at Madeleine.
around
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Hannele glanced around the large, light, high-ceilinged rooms approvingly, then chose a room with a double bed.
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That was when Margerine told Fong the story in detail, breathlessly, glancing around as he whispered.
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Benjamin did while I glanced around .
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My companions glanced around skeptically at the desolate location.
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She glanced around with an innocent expression on her face, but all eyes were on the Doctor's antics.
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She glanced around her and sighed.
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Maria glanced around the room with her scared eyes.
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He glanced around , then took a nail file from his pocket and set to work on the padlock.
away
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Luckily, Janice had already glanced away , her eyes circling with interest the splendid sitting-room.
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As in electricity, a positive charge glances away from a positive charge: like charges repel each other.
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Williams said that he glanced away and suddenly heard several single shots.
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Frank looked at me and glanced away .
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Then I glance away with a smile.
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The old man glanced away , a look of pain on his face.
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She glanced away , but she knew Nicolo's gaze never left her.
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Every time she caught his eye, she would glance away embarrassed, but with boredom she grew bolder.
back
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She glanced back , then into my eyes.
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He glanced back at his mom.
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Such language glances back to nature worship.
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When I glanced back the two teams still stood without moving on either side of the net, everyone watching us.
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As she reached them she glanced back at the hire car, knowing that she couldn't leave it there for long.
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Mooney glanced back as Al Bibeau crept up to him.
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I glanced back in the direction of the field where we saw the figures crossing.
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He puts his homburg on and ventures into the blazing heat without glancing back at me.
briefly
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He glanced briefly at the written note, put it aside and went on with the meeting.
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He glanced briefly about him before continuing along the scattered fringe of trees that girdled it.
down
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Ianthe was surprised not to fed the usual pang of nostalgia as she glanced down towards Westminster Cathedral.
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I looked up at him as suddenly as if he had spoken to me, and he glanced down and nodded.
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Every now and then he glanced down at her.
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I glanced down to see that a well-aimed egg had turned my blouse into an ugly mess.
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He glanced down the codings listed on the last of the semi-opaque sheets and imprinted his authorisation.
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Stopped at traffic lights, he glanced down at the envelope lying in the shadows on the front passenger seat.
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For example, if you require a 100 percent loan, glance down column 4.
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William glanced down at the list of stock he was cataloguing and sighed.
even
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Today she didn't even glance at the cloudless blue sky.
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Don't even glance at me, my proud beauties: you'd scare the hell out of me.
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He didn't even glance at Juliet, but began the examination and the questions.
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The slave didn't even glance at him.
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She didn't even glance up the stairs.
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He was examining the damage to the Peugeot, and didn't even glance in the direction of the departing car.
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She couldn't even glance at him without feeling a little strange, and he never had any pleasant look on his face.
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Filmer hadn't even glanced at me, still less had known me.
nervously
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Standing by the water's edge, Laura glanced nervously about her, but there appeared to be no sign of Ross.
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Perhaps not, however: for once they reached her bedroom she kept glancing nervously toward the wall.
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He glanced nervously around the smoky bar.
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He glanced nervously about him but it was 2. a.m. and Dobson and the other yobs had long gone.
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He glanced nervously around the public rooms of the Hôtel Gonnet.
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One of them was glancing nervously around, and the other was trying unsuccessfully to stop crying.
off
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But where did Ewan Beg's blade go, when it glanced off your axe, and all his strength behind it?
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The bullet had crushed his helmet and glanced off .
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They glanced off the puppet's head and fell to the floor.
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When I threw, the ax glanced off with a clatter.
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Occasionally he asked a question or sought an opinion; you had the impression that the answer had glanced off his surface.
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Yet its light was undimmed and it glanced off the metal buildings as far as the eye could see.
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Fiona glanced off to one side a couple of times.
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The first blow landed on my heart and was terrible; the second had absently glanced off my arm.
over
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He glanced over his shoulder, the man was coming towards him, pushing through the crowd.
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I glanced over at Kip again and saw him wince when he weighed down on the pedal with his hurt foot.
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Maggie glanced over at the Lawlers who were about a dozen feet from her.
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They glance over their shoulders a few times and move closer to each other.
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He never left a low gear yet when I glanced over my shoulder he was miles clear.
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She glances over at the two bands and feels the anger rising.
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During the next couple of hours I occasionally glanced over to where they sat.
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He tucked his hand through my arm and I glanced over at him.
quickly
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I glanced quickly about in the gloom, and then back to those distant, utterly silent towers of flickering flame.
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I replaced the drawer, glancing quickly at my watch.
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The landing was deserted as they stepped out, glancing quickly around.
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The major glanced quickly at the colonel.
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A list was always made on these occasions and Pascoe glanced quickly down it.
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He glanced quickly in the direction of where he had been sitting.
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Then, glancing quickly at Jem, he slowly climbed the stairs, feeling his bruised stomach muscles protest with every step.
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She would just glance quickly into each room and hope she didn't encounter anyone who knew her.
round
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She glanced round , spotting Terry Lewis on the outer fringes of their circle, an expression of chagrin on his face.
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Swiftly Rachel glanced round but there was no sign of Nina yet.
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Jed glanced round the room again.
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I glanced round about myself, on the lookout for clues.
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He glanced round the bar from the door.
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In desperation he glanced round the kitchen for a fire-escape.
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As he emptied his clothes out of the drawers, he glanced round the bedroom.
sideways
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She glanced sideways at Daniel's profile.
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Morrill glanced sideways at the cooling chowder and let it go.
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Come on! she thought, glancing sideways at Nevil.
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So near that, had he glanced sideways , he would have been bound to see her standing with Thomas.
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She glanced sideways at Nevil who was sitting entranced.
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Three times as the president spoke, Diana flashed him the kind of flattering sideways glances she once gave Charles.
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He glanced sideways at Mrs Wright.
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Mr McCrindle said something and Tam seemed to glance sideways .
up
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He glanced up , saw Auguste's anguished eyes, and thought he understood.
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Rosie glanced up t me, startled.
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Judith glanced up at the mantelpiece above the range where letters were always left and saw the familiar blue envelope.
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She glanced up at Mel with a warm smile and a look of pleasure.
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And when Charlotte glanced up , she was astonished to see that the ceiling had been painted as one vast rolling cloudscape.
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I heard croaking and glanced up to see six ravens in three pairs flying high overhead toward the east.
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She glanced up the wide staircase.
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I glance up from my book to notice the apple tree heavy with ripe fruit.
■ NOUN
clock
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He glanced at the carriage clock on the polished rosewood desk.
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You glance at the clock . 11: 15.
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She glanced at the clock , and away again quickly.
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I glanced at the clock with uneasiness.
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Unthinkingly she glanced at the clock on the bedside-table and tears stung her eyes.
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Dunne glanced at the clock that hung beneath the picture of Robert Emmet.
direction
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Fenella was watching the giants, feeling cold inside at the way in which they all kept glancing slyly in her direction .
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His manner was mildly flirtatious and he had a tendency to glance in my direction , showing off, I suspect.
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I glanced back in the direction of the field where we saw the figures crossing.
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He glanced quickly in the direction of where he had been sitting.
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As the wine took hold I glanced in her direction with increasing frequency, often to find her already looking at me.
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Sarah felt as if the room was spinning round, fearing that everyone would glance in her direction .
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She was already on her feet, glancing back in the direction of the next carriage where Ryker was.
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He glanced in Suragai's direction , his eyebrows raised in enquiry.
door
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Carla kept her head down as she approached the front door , glancing up briefly when the two officers introduced them-selves.
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Shielding the flame carefully from the draught sweeping in through the open door , Isabel glanced about the single room.
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As the doors slid open he glanced at the middle-aged couple who got out but then stared straight ahead again.
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Crossing the short, bright strip before the door , she glanced in.
mirror
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Vic glances in his rear-view mirror and smiles thinly.
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In the bedroom, getting her car keys off the bureau, Toni glanced into the mirror .
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I glance in the rear-view mirror to see other cars close behind; slowing down but then speeding up again.
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He had glanced in the washroom mirror and it had not been a reassuring sight.
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He glanced in his mirror as he reset the key.
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She glanced in the mirror and declared I had wrecked her eyes for the rest of the day.
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She glanced into the rear-view mirror , convinced that hers was the only car on this lonely road.
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She glanced in the rear-view mirror and saw the headlights of the traffic behind her.
room
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Then we glanced round the sitting room .
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Hicks stared at him and glanced about the room .
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Jed glanced round the room again.
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When she slipped away to the restroom, I glanced across the room and noticed a white man staring at me.
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She glanced distractedly around the room .
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She glanced into the front room .
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She glanced at Rufus's room .
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Shielding the flame carefully from the draught sweeping in through the open door, Isabel glanced about the single room .
shoulder
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He opened the door, peering out over Kirov's shoulder ant glancing furtively down the empty stairway.
table
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He glanced across the table , saw me smiling, interpreted my thought and gave me a slow ironic blink.
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He glanced at the other table .
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She glanced about the table to see the effect of this.
watch
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And, when she glanced at her watch , she saw that the time was thirty-two minutes past three.
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The priest glanced at his watch .
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She glanced at her watch and pulled a face.
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George Bush senior glancing fatally at his watch in 1992.
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And then he glanced down at his watch .
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He glanced at his watch , bringing it close to his face because of the poor light.
window
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She glanced through the window in a half-hearted attempt to tell the hour.
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Donna Ward glanced distractedly out of the window for a second, her mind racing, her hand on her book.
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He glanced up at the windows of the three handsome houses.
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Sara glanced out of the window into the courtyard.
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He glanced at the slanting window pane.
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Waller glanced out of the window at home and saw youths tampering with a neighbour's car.
■ VERB
keep
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She kept glancing at her watch.
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Sloan kept glancing at the open door and Bernstein kept trying not to notice.
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Perhaps not, however: for once they reached her bedroom she kept glancing nervously toward the wall.
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The luminous white of the railing and steps kept him glancing toward it.
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He kept glancing across at either the typewriter or the cigarette in the ashtray, and frowning.
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As they worked, Loi kept glancing back towards the fishing-line we had been trailing since our departure from Hong Kong.
turn
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As Zen turned away he glanced at the calendar hanging beside the phone, and suddenly realized what day it was.
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She shaded them with her hand, turned , glanced back up.
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But she resisted the urge to turn and glance at him and kept her eyes fixed straight ahead.
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He turned his head, glancing at his timer, then yawned.
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He turned to glance at her as if the sound of her laugh was quite pleasant to his ears.
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Rachel turned instinctively to glance round.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a glancing blow
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As Pegasus fought clear, I smelled smoke and felt a glancing blow which whirled me backwards and away.
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Gorbad bellowed in agony and swung Morgor wildly, catching Adolphus a glancing blow across the temple.
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He was standing on a piling at the ferry slip in Brooklyn when the ferry hit it a glancing blow.
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It leapt forward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch.
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Police believe Tony was struck a glancing blow by the wing mirror of a transit-type van.
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Tom struck his head a glancing blow, and blood came.
a glancing reference/mention
a parting kiss/gift/glance etc
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And every couple receives a case of Lygon Arms' dry white wine or claret as a parting gift.
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Right: Jeff Lowe receives a parting gift from Chris Bonington.
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They would send him home that very day and every man present would give him a parting gift to enrich him.
at first glance/sight
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After months of waiting, it was hardly love at first sight, he admits.
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At first glance this will probably sound strange, yet there is a way in which it is also logical.
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At first glance, it looked like unalloyed good news.
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At first glance, the place seemed deserted.
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It was love at first sight.
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This is not as heretical a suggestion as it might seem at first sight.
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What was inside the cradles at first sight terrified me.
meaningful look/glance/smile etc
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All he could produce was a stiff upper lip, while young Lady C cast meaningful looks at sturdy gamekeeper Mellors.
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Benjamin indicated with meaningful glances at me that this stark, sombre evening was such an appropriate time.
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But this time he drew out his knife and showed it to me with a meaningful glance.
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Lots of meaningful glances and repressed passion as only the Victorians knew how.
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They exchanged meaningful glances from time to time - and it was apparent that his brother was as troubled as he by the disturbing events.
not give sth a second glance/look
pitying look/smile/glance
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The other smiled at him a pitying smile.
searching look/glance/gaze
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Crouched down beside it, Delaney took another searching glance behind him, at the lifeless, cluttered room.
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Guy led Chalon back on to the road, casting another searching glance up at Isabel's closed face.
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Soul searching Look no further for a hot new boy band.
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The searching gaze was too much for Denis.
sidelong look/glance
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Afterwards, in the changing room, everyone shoots sidelong glances at Lil.
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But a few sidelong glances revealed them to be He-Shes.
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I cast a sidelong glance, to see if she's noticed.
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Pleased faces, sidelong glances seeking agreement.
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She cast a sidelong glance at Fen.
sly smile/glance/wink etc
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All those gloating women looking down into his grave, whispering their sisterly secrets behind their sly smiles.
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By his sly smile, I think this is the one he intended.
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He was relieved when he saw Earnhardt's trademark sly smile.
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Herbie's face had also lit in a sly smile as Mary had passed.
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Magrat took her seat and, to Agnes's amazement, gave her a sly wink.
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Mitchell was shocked to see the man signaling him with sly winks.
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Wickham saw Marshall's sly smile and understood what he was thinking.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Some of you may not be happy about what I have to say," he began, glancing at Janey.
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Glancing into Neil's room, she noticed that his suitcase was packed.
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Dr Morse kept glancing nervously at his watch.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the car I glance back at the house.
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He glanced over his shoulder, the man was coming towards him, pushing through the crowd.
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He glanced up as she came in and swept everything back into the drawer.
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He pulled file after file out of a tin cabinet, glancing in and tossing them aside.
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I glanced back over my shoulder, at the same time looking for an escape route.
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Isobel glanced at her husband, and saw his face had hardened, and that his eyes were angry.
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She glanced at Miss Poole, who was delicately holding the gourd of beer but no longer sipping.
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The doorbell rang and she started violently before glancing at her watch with a frown.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
amused
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No, they hadn't stayed long - a little amused glance at Narouz here.
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The two observers exchanged amused glances and then wandered away under the trees.
backward
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Then he, too, turned and without a backward glance went out into the passage, slamming the door.
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U-turning, he drove off in the direction of the distant city, without so much as another backward glance .
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I took my cue to go, and left without a backward glance or wave.
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He allowed himself one backward glance towards the estate, then turned his heels to the task of flight.
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She started toward the door, but cast a backward glance as she went.
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He walks without a backward glance .
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With barely a backward glance , I was on my way to freedom.
brief
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They'd exchanged one brief glance only since she'd run from the stable that morning.
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After a brief glance at Anna, the gipsy hurried off to find Boz and tell him where she was being taken.
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A brief glance at the literature told her that the treatment centre was run on very different lines than she had imagined.
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He gave Robert a brief , concerned glance and clapped his hands together.
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And the briefest glance at his face was enough to tell her that she had picked the wrong alternative.
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Septimus Coffin cast a brief glance towards Iain McWhirter.
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I did, however, check my thigh, just a brief glance .
casual
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By Sunday evening he hadn't given the far side of the river more than a casual glance for over twenty-four hours.
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He sensed more than heard the scuffle of trainer shoes on concrete behind him and threw a casual glance over his shoulder.
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Mineral exploration and leisure development were to be the cover story and they would do at a casual glance .
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A casual glance would have made it seem that her expression was stiff with anger.
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At a casual glance , the club could offer merely what it advertises.
curious
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I wonder if they will ask me to go, but apart from a few curious glances , quickly snuffed, they ignore me.
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Robyn could tell the minute she met their curious glances .
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In running the same course of action is likely to do little more than raise a few curious glances from fellow competitors.
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Even with Owen, she attracted some curious glances from people at adjoining tables.
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Once outside, she stood uncertainly for a moment, oblivious to the curious glances of passers-by.
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Even the wallabies, for whom bouncing around is a way of life, cast a curious glance .
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He held the door open and she passed through, followed by many curious glances .
cursory
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A cursory glance at the literature in this field reveals the importance of suspicions concerning gossiping groups of women.
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Even the most cursory glance showed me the crowd did look awfully grand.
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He gave us a cursory glance , then resumed his watch on the highway.
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Consequently, that child may be studying with a teacher who has given only a cursory glance at these spiraled curriculum guides.
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Patients and workers alike gave the Governor and his visitors only cursory glances .
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A busy place at which most tourists cast no more than a cursory glance and pass on.
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Nevertheless, changes constantly occur as is shown by a cursory glance at the development of local government services in Britain.
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Even a cursory glance is enough to show that Picasso had several changes of mind while he was working on the canvas.
exchanged
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The two newcomers exchanged glances , and picked up their beer.
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The two women passed in the doorway and exchanged glances of pure gratitude.
furtive
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They cast furtive glances at one another.
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I was playing with her as usual and casting furtive glances at her six heavy gold bangles.
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He cast a furtive glance to left and to right.
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A group of them were on a boulder midst the darkest part of the forest. Furtive shadowy glances .
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But it slowed her up considerably, and as time passed she found herself casting furtive glances over her shoulder.
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The man, having given another quick, furtive glance round, darted to the fence along the Botanical Gardens.
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Then he gave a furtive glance towards his companions before turning his back on them completely.
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He stole a furtive glance at Sweetheart.
meaningful
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But this time he drew out his knife and showed it to me with a meaningful glance .
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They exchanged meaningful glances from time to time - and it was apparent that his brother was as troubled as he by the disturbing events.
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Benjamin indicated with meaningful glances at me that this stark, sombre evening was such an appropriate time.
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Lots of meaningful glances and repressed passion as only the Victorians knew how.
nervous
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Sweeping a nervous glance around the dark garden, Loretta joined them in Puddephat's sitting-room.
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She must not let a nervous glance betray her.
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The girls exchanged nervous glances , thinking that it must be Miss Hardbroom come to reprimand them for being out of bed.
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She sat down again beside Dauntless, casting him nervous glances .
quick
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They take no notice, beyond a quick glance at the hearth, thinking it's just the wind in the chimney.
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Miguel shot him a quick glance .
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A quick glance around confirmed what I already feared.
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And if you fail to spot these, a quick glance at the contents of his bookshelf gives it away.
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Identification is, typically of the sort of fish that I like, not simply a matter of a quick glance .
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I kept taking quick glances but you always looked inscrutable.
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Guy sat down on the bench next to Isabel, casting a quick glance down at her.
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Nadine gave them, as she turned the car, a quick glance .
sharp
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Lessingham gave him one sharp glance .
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He took in her formal outfit and the case in her hand with one sharp glance .
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She halted half way across the carpet, and was aware of his sharp glance going over her bespectacled face and shapeless suit.
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She felt her toes curl, but couldn't help giving him a sharp glance .
sidelong
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I cast a sidelong glance , to see if she's noticed.
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But a few sidelong glances revealed them to be He-Shes.
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She cast a sidelong glance at Fen.
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Afterwards, in the changing room, everyone shoots sidelong glances at Lil.
sideways
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She could sense it in the way men talked to her, the sideways glances of strangers.
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But the same pursed smile and mischievous sideways glance , as if she really must not laugh at her own jokes.
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She slid him a sideways glance , wondering how he'd react if she announced she was leaving immediately.
single
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Nicholas cast a single glance at the Chancellor's considering gaze, and followed the King back to the hall.
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Until that moment no single glance had suggested more than shared pleasure in the lake by night, two friends at swim.
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When no reply came, he strode off towards Derby Street, casting not one single glance in Pol's direction.
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All this Charlotte saw in a single glance .
swift
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Michele gave her a swift , questioning glance .
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While, at a superficial level, the titles might well mislead, a swift glance at the contents is reassuring.
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He gave her a swift glance from those pale, brilliant eyes, but said nothing.
■ NOUN
warning
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She threw me a warning glance , telling me with her eyes to stay well away.
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She, who knew me well, understood and flashed a warning glance at me.
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He put his hand over his mouth and Auntie Lou shot a warning glance at him.
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Owen gave him a warning glance .
■ VERB
avoid
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Most of the men preferred to avoid her glance , either gazing round the room or studying their shoes with intense interest.
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The next morning at breakfast, Jin and Jiang avoided my glance in the restaurant.
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Sarella opened her eyes and, to avoid his glance , peered outside.
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He assiduously avoided her glance all through dinner, and as soon as the coffee was served he got to his feet.
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They avoided our glances as if we might bestow the evil eye.
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She lowered her eyes to avoid the priest's glance .
cast
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I cast a sidelong glance , to see if she's noticed.
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I was playing with her as usual and casting furtive glances at her six heavy gold bangles.
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As Rose left she cast a meaning glance at Gabriel, but she did not speak.
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They cast knowing glances at one another.
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She started toward the door, but cast a backward glance as she went.
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Then I wandered around for a while, casting wistful glances at my tables.
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John le Grant sat with the others, casting a glance at the pitcher as he passed.
catch
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Staff seemed evenly divided - we received some smiles but also caught some rather unsavoury glances .
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During his talk, he looks once, catches my glance , and stumbles over the next sentence.
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She looked up and caught Luke's glance , a sudden question in his eyes.
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Theodora lifted an eyebrow and with a caught glance drew them in to introductions.
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The thought made her smile wryly, then she bit her lip as she caught a puzzled glance from Robert.
dart
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Phat counted the strokes, darting an occasional glance at Duclos to ensure he retained his approval.
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Then he came downstairs, darting glances around him to see the enemy before he could be captured again.
exchange
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They'd exchanged one brief glance only since she'd run from the stable that morning.
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They exchanged glances of iron and fire over the dinner table and across the seemingly still spaces of the living room.
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Oliver and Rain exchanged troubled glances .
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The permed young man and the woman in red exchanged glances , both looking quite abashed.
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Steven saw it too, and they exchanged glances .
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The President and I exchanged quick, horrified glances .
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They exchanged glances and crowded behind him as he pushed it open.
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The well-dressed patrons raised quizzical eyebrows and exchanged glances on seeing us come in.
flash
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Zak flashed a glance at the crew, saw me and gave me a thumbs-up sign.
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She, who knew me well, understood and flashed a warning glance at me.
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Lucy flashed a startled glance at him.
flick
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If he attempts to talk to you, you will flick him a haughty glance and say nothing.
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She flicked a glance at her watch.
give
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She gave one glance towards Rose, then looked away.
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He knew that she must be just behind him, but he longed unutterably to give one glance to make sure.
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She gave him a startled glance .
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I stepped aside from the other parents in case he wanted some help, but he barely gave me a glance .
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Madeleine gave it one more glance , then shooed Thérèse out in front of her.
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Maybe then, just for an instant, she gave an irritated glance back at the jammed door.
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Only as the men left did he relax sufficiently to give Constance a glance of bitter complicity and move his lips soundlessly.
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Consequently, that child may be studying with a teacher who has given only a cursory glance at these spiraled curriculum guides.
look
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You get one video and what at first glance looks like a child's painting book.
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At first glance it looks as though the structure might belong to the Social Security Administration or some other elephantine bureaucracy.
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At first glance , the S1 looks like an R1 with revised bodywork and little more.
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At first glance , it looked like unalloyed good news.
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The permed young man and the woman in red exchanged glances , both looking quite abashed.
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At first glance , the antagonists look a lot like allies.
meet
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Robyn could tell the minute she met their curious glances .
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Sara looked up to meet his glance .
risk
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When there was no answer she risked a glance .
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But as she walked off I risked a glance at Alan.
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She risked a glance back over her shoulder.
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Karen risked a glance over the balcony wall.
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The next time Anna had to scramble after the ball, she risked a glance at mummy.
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Belinda risked a cautious glance at him, but met only an unreadable profile.
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Masklin risked a glance at Grandson Richard's face.
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Isabel flattened herself, only risking a glance over her shoulder when she felt Guy's weight lift off her.
see
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She saw his glance flick down to her mouth, then abruptly he was turning away.
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You can see at a glance the few places other readers lingered Over.
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By studying the enclosed repayment table you can see at a glance how much a loan will cost.
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This did not surprise me, since one could see at a glance that Herr Bremann was a gentleman of great decency.
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And that innocent face, I saw in a glance , was as glistening as must have been her armpits.
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There was a big rear-view mirror over the bar so he could see the glances being exchanged behind his back.
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Every now and again, he saw her glance toward the bathroom, where Omar was taking a shower.
seem
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At first glance , they seemed to do much better under hypnosis but the improved performance was mostly skin-deep.
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At first glance the answer seems obvious to the point of banality.
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At first glance , cruises seem more expensive than package holidays, but the price usually covers everything except drinks and laundry.
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At first glance , it seems to defend the continuing urgency of production and our preoccupation with it as a goal.
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At first glance , it might seem as if Althusser himself gave up history and tried science instead.
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We are accustomed to thinking of those characters as heroes, and at first glance , Kaczynski seems to resemble them.
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At a glance this seems eminently reasonable - not least if it protects us from Family videos.
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At first glance , this seems to make sense.
send
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She sent a glance to the corners where the shadows still lay, thick and clotted and sinister, but nothing moved.
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Caspar, sending a worried glance to the group around the fire, heard Fenella describing something called Renascia.
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He sat like a woman and talked like one, sending coy glances at all of us.
shoot
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Ashley shot him a cautious glance from beneath her fringe of thick dark lashes.
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She drew in a deep breath, shooting a glance at the large clock opposite her, wishing the interview was over.
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She shot a worried glance down to the bottom of the yard.
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Ryker shot an angry glance at Donna and mouthed something she couldn't make out.
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Miguel shot him a quick glance .
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The team shot quizzical glances at their new addition but made no move to get rid of him.
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Miguel exhaled, shooting a glance at the car.
show
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One glance was sufficient to show that the regular had been right.
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A glance at my watch showed that it was nearly five and I was bored to death.
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A glance at my watch showed that it was still only ten past five.
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Even the most cursory glance showed me the crowd did look awfully grand.
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A few anxious glances at watches showed that it was time for the invited party to take their places.
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His grandfather, the revered village chief and part-time pastor, watches him carefully, his glances showing pride.
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A quick glance through the nearest showed it to be an empty chamber built of oddly fitted blocks of Cyclopean size.
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A glance at her watch showed her it was nearly midday.
sneak
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She sneaked a glance while Lucy poured tea.
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Occasionally they sneak glances at the businessmen -- who look back at them in mutual amazement and fear.
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He sneaked a glance at her from beneath his brows, his head still lowered.
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Only the men would sneak glances at her, admiring the shapely figure showing in the plain uniform.
spare
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They sat at one of the marble-topped tables and ordered coffee from a bored waitress who scarcely spared them a glance .
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Her father raised his hand once, hardly sparing a second glance .
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Rudolf did not spare a glance .
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They didn't spare the newcomers a glance as Agnes led the way to the royal apartments.
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That she should spare a first glance , let alone a second, on this man was almost incredible.
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Before passing on to the maze of closely clustered streets of the old town, spare another glance at the tower.
steal
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He stole covert glances at her across the table.
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The old men stole frightened glances at each other.
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He stole a glance at her.
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She stole a glance at him; his features matched the ice in his tone and his eyes surpassed it.
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She stole a glance from her future and turned her head.
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She sat down, settling her satchel on her lap and stealing another glance at him.
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While Violette entertained them with stories of increasing complexity, Katherine from beneath lowered lids stole occasional glances at Carlo.
throw
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She threw me a warning glance , telling me with her eyes to stay well away.
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Mrs Saulitis threw them a disapproving glance .
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He sensed more than heard the scuffle of trainer shoes on concrete behind him and threw a casual glance over his shoulder.
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I gasped at her beauty and, like the rest, threw envious glances at her most fortunate husband.
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Mark, too, could be thrown a second glance every now and then.
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The nurse was aware of her humiliation and kept throwing sympathetic glances .
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Then he staggered off the pavement into the street, throwing a glance down towards the brighter lights at the junction.
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He threw one burning glance at Ellis then turned his head away.
turn
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She turned a stricken glance on Peter.
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Having said it, he turned an anxious glance .
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She turned on him a glance of tearful gratitude that caused Karelius an unexpectedly sharp pang of jealousy.
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Then he slowly looks me over before turning his appraising glance to the cabin, which he begins to circle.
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I felt a laugh burble and he turned a puzzled glance on me.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a glancing blow
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As Pegasus fought clear, I smelled smoke and felt a glancing blow which whirled me backwards and away.
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Gorbad bellowed in agony and swung Morgor wildly, catching Adolphus a glancing blow across the temple.
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He was standing on a piling at the ferry slip in Brooklyn when the ferry hit it a glancing blow.
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It leapt forward as Delaney cried out and struck it a glancing blow with the torch.
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Police believe Tony was struck a glancing blow by the wing mirror of a transit-type van.
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Tom struck his head a glancing blow, and blood came.
a glancing reference/mention
a parting kiss/gift/glance etc
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And every couple receives a case of Lygon Arms' dry white wine or claret as a parting gift.
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Right: Jeff Lowe receives a parting gift from Chris Bonington.
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They would send him home that very day and every man present would give him a parting gift to enrich him.
at first glance/sight
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After months of waiting, it was hardly love at first sight, he admits.
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At first glance this will probably sound strange, yet there is a way in which it is also logical.
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At first glance, it looked like unalloyed good news.
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At first glance, the place seemed deserted.
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It was love at first sight.
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This is not as heretical a suggestion as it might seem at first sight.
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What was inside the cradles at first sight terrified me.
flash a smile/glance/look etc (at sb)
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But spirited Patsy flashed a look of encouragement at him.
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Zak flashed a glance at the crew, saw me and gave me a thumbs-up sign.
flick a glance/look at sb/sth
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Baptiste flicked a look at Léonie.
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She flicked a glance at her watch.
meaningful look/glance/smile etc
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All he could produce was a stiff upper lip, while young Lady C cast meaningful looks at sturdy gamekeeper Mellors.
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Benjamin indicated with meaningful glances at me that this stark, sombre evening was such an appropriate time.
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But this time he drew out his knife and showed it to me with a meaningful glance.
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Lots of meaningful glances and repressed passion as only the Victorians knew how.
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They exchanged meaningful glances from time to time - and it was apparent that his brother was as troubled as he by the disturbing events.
meet sb's eye(s)/gaze/glance etc
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It was hard to meet his eyes for long, and she looked away.
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Nothing in the three villagers' long but sheltered past could have prepared them for the horrendous sight that met their eyes.
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On occasion, she would meet Ted's eyes, and he would wink, and nod his head encouragingly.
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She met Charles's eyes and looked away in case he could read her renewed longing for Keele.
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She met his eyes without flinching, a mutinous sparkle enlivening the depths of her own grey gaze.
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They meet the eyes of others.
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This is an interesting question and there is probably more to it than meets the eye.
not give sth a second glance/look
pitying look/smile/glance
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The other smiled at him a pitying smile.
sb's eyes/gaze/glance fall(s) on sth
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A fierce, terrified elation raced through her veins as her eyes fell on the knife only an inch away from her hand.
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As he scanned the room for potential defenders his eyes fell on Father Ed Dougherty.
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Does the gaze fall on the impaired body or on social barriers?
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He greeted her, his eyes falling on her again for an instant and then skittering away.
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He helped me shift the tea-chests and his eyes fell on your clothes as though dazed in a perfumed garden.
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Its huge eyes fell on the scrap of paper on the floor.
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Looking around, his glance fell on the twigs scattered on the ground where Cassowary had thrown them.
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My eyes fell on the bed and to my horror something began slowly to stir under the blanket.
searching look/glance/gaze
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Crouched down beside it, Delaney took another searching glance behind him, at the lifeless, cluttered room.
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Guy led Chalon back on to the road, casting another searching glance up at Isabel's closed face.
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Soul searching Look no further for a hot new boy band.
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The searching gaze was too much for Denis.
shoot sb a look/glance
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He shot me a look brimful of amusement, then drained his cup and sat back in the chair.
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Joyce shot her a look in which surprise and indignation were nicely fused.
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Mandy shot her a look of pure astonishment.
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Nick and I shot a conspiratorial look at each other: this time we would refuse to fight.
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She shot a worried glance down to the bottom of the yard.
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The team shot quizzical glances at their new addition but made no move to get rid of him.
sidelong look/glance
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Afterwards, in the changing room, everyone shoots sidelong glances at Lil.
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But a few sidelong glances revealed them to be He-Shes.
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I cast a sidelong glance, to see if she's noticed.
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Pleased faces, sidelong glances seeking agreement.
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She cast a sidelong glance at Fen.
sly smile/glance/wink etc
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All those gloating women looking down into his grave, whispering their sisterly secrets behind their sly smiles.
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By his sly smile, I think this is the one he intended.
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He was relieved when he saw Earnhardt's trademark sly smile.
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Herbie's face had also lit in a sly smile as Mary had passed.
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Magrat took her seat and, to Agnes's amazement, gave her a sly wink.
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Mitchell was shocked to see the man signaling him with sly winks.
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Wickham saw Marshall's sly smile and understood what he was thinking.
sneak a look/glance/peek
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Babur sneaks a look at the policewoman.
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I sneaked a look at my medical report; slow heartbeat, low metabolism.
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I sneaked a look behind as we went off in a cloud of dust.
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Just before we left, I raised up to straighten my coat and sneaked a look at the McLaren girl.
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Men sneak looks all the time!
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Occasionally they sneak glances at the businessmen -- who look back at them in mutual amazement and fear.
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Only the men would sneak glances at her, admiring the shapely figure showing in the plain uniform.
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The chairman sneaks a look at some of the messages on Doreen's card.
spare a glance
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Rudolf did not spare a glance.
steal a look/glance etc
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He stole a glance at her.
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Jenna stole a look at him and he was watching her intently, in every way intent.
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She stole a glance at him; his features matched the ice in his tone and his eyes surpassed it.
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She stole a glance from her future and turned her head.
throw sb a look/glance/smile etc
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And that made Hanson throw a mean look.
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Ezra threw Morrill a look of utter disbelief and shook his head.
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He dropped his hand, he threw a look right, then left.
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He ignored her and threw a hard look at me: I better not tell.
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He sensed more than heard the scuffle of trainer shoes on concrete behind him and threw a casual glance over his shoulder.
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I gasped at her beauty and, like the rest, threw envious glances at her most fortunate husband.
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Mark, too, could be thrown a second glance every now and then.
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The nurse was aware of her humiliation and kept throwing sympathetic glances.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A quick glance at the map showed that we were on the right road.
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I walked away without a wave or a backward glance .
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Tammy gave her sister a sidelong glance and the two started to giggle.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A glance at my watch showed that it was nearly five and I was bored to death.
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At a glance you know what's on and how high.
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At first glance , Cowley thought, he looked like a retired accountant.
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It inevitably is transmitted through a glance , affectionate touch, strong feelings that show.
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She did not let her glance fall in his direction again.
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The individuality and richness of their lives - given a glance of a chance - mocked such lumpen labels.
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They'd exchanged one brief glance only since she'd run from the stable that morning.
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They cast knowing glances at one another.