Example sentences of "smile at [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 2 | ‘ Steady on there , ’ her companion said and as she looked round to smile at him in the fragmented night-sun that was the wheel she saw Gabriel working at the barbecue . |
| 3 | She smiled at him from the opposite stool . |
| 4 | He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time . |
| 5 | He 's a very contented baby , a joy to his parents and big sister , and today at nine weeks old ( 40+3 ) , he smiled at us for the first time . |
| 6 | The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day . |
| 7 | He shrugged , leaning back in his chair , smiling at her for the first time with that devastating smile which made her heart beat faster . |