Example sentences of "[vb past] i a [adj] grin " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some grain of self-preserving sense must have penetrated Rickie 's skull , for he suddenly dropped on to his heels and offered me a placatory grin . |
| 2 | He gave me a welcoming grin and an ironic bow to acknowledge the exalted company I was keeping , then he ushered the senator on to the starboard wing and so into the aeroplane . |
| 3 | He read my amusement and gave me a twisted grin . |
| 4 | Allan Scuffle ( or scuffling Allan ) gave me a frank grin and handshake , and I wandered back down to the Liffey . |
| 5 | He gave me a sudden grin , purple mouth full of little , ivory bits like when you cut into a pomegranate and he was gone . |
| 6 | He gave me a self-conscious grin and then yelped as someone thumped him in the back . |