Example sentences of "smile [adv] as she [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously flustered , Mrs Lewis smiled shakily as she studied the cosy picture they made , sitting so close together on her sofa . |
| 2 | She smiled involuntarily as she pictured the scene . |
| 3 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |
| 4 | Shannon smiled ruefully as she completed the sentence . |
| 5 | There was just time to shower and dress before Lucia arrived , smiling shyly as she delivered the first cup of coffee of the new day . |
| 6 | ‘ All right , ’ she said wearily , smiling inwardly as she saw the gleam of triumph which lightened his eyes . |
| 7 | One moment she could be smiling tenderly as she fed the animals , the next filled with anger and as dangerous as a tiger at bay . |