Every few seconds he glanced over to the car, where Audrey was bound and gagged, lying on the floor in the back.

Every few seconds Bey was glancing impatiently toward the door.

Every twenty seconds or so Nicholas glanced at the miniature radar detector hidden behind, the Corvette's sun visor, even though he knew its beeping would alert him to a police car waiting to pull over impatient drivers just like him.

Every few seconds he glanced toward the portal as if expecting to see the enemy charging through, guns blazing.

Nell's eyes were on Cyrus Mobarak, who every few seconds glanced across to the press table.

Every few seconds he glanced at the clock.

Every few seconds he glanced quickly over at the bed, as if to reassure himself of who was lying there.

Every few seconds, Regis glanced back to the north, toward distant Shallows, and thought of his friends.

Every few seconds, when they thought he wasn't looking (of course through his visor he saw it all, down to the 3-centimeter-long string that had unraveled from Ensign Barran's left sleeve), they glanced in his direction to see if their attention to detail was being duly noted.

Every few seconds he glanced over to the building for any sign of the man who had run off.