Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a dry smile " in BNC.
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| 1 | One does not succeed in business , ’ he added with a dry smile , ‘ by treating three and a half thousand pounds as pocket-money . ’ |
| 2 | Precisely what she disliked most about them was what interested him ; she knew that he wondered whether they could be persuaded to become sleeping partners in the revolution a phrase which she used and he approved with a dry smile and a nod . |
| 3 | He nodded with a dry smile . |
| 4 | ‘ Biography time , ’ he observed with a dry smile as if he 'd done this dinner-table routine with countless women before . |
| 5 | Jane pulled on a dry smile , making the skin crinkle round the margins of her eyes . |