Example sentences of "smile at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She smiled at me with friendly brown eyes . |
| 32 | She smiled at me as the lift doors opened , then mouthed a silent farewell and fluttered her fingers at me till the lift doors closed . |
| 33 | Margaret smiled at me over the table as if she had read my mind and was too happy to be anything but amused by the fact . |
| 34 | Then she smiled at me in a brusque , dismissive manner and directed me to the railway station . |
| 35 | Eva smiled at me from the driver 's seat . |
| 36 | But when she smiled at me like that , I thought she was the most beautiful woman in England . |
| 37 | She smiled at him as the general hurriedly got dressed . |
| 38 | She smiled at him over the table napkin , which was removing a minute trace of profiterole . |
| 39 | Next morning , she smiled at him over breakfast , drinking him in , for she must toil alone all day and bring him from the clay . |
| 40 | She smiled at him with her mouth , her eyes wide and still . |
| 41 | The girl turned her head and half smiled at him behind her glasses . |
| 42 | A wide grin of delight had become a permanent fixture on his face , and Paul smiled at him in return as he cantered back to check the ox carts . |
| 43 | She smiled at him in a distantly friendly way . |
| 44 | He rose to his feet , genuinely pleased to see the pretty girl who smiled at him from the doorway . |
| 45 | She smiled at him from the opposite stool . |
| 46 | He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time . |
| 47 | He smiled at them with inclusive good will . |
| 48 | I smiled at them in friendly fashion . |
| 49 | He smiled at them in turn . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day . |
| 52 | As he trotted his horse forward over the intervening space Lieutenant Stapleton noticed two giant white faces smiling at him with understanding and compassion . |
| 53 | His grandmother was clutching his arm , smiling at him with an almost girlish pleasure . |
| 54 | Corbett looked away and gazed around ; the room had grown larger ; he turned and saw Thomas smiling at him as if through a haze . |
| 55 | She finished her drink , smiling at him over the rim of the cup . |
| 56 | I walk into the water smiling at him through tears . |
| 57 | He glanced in to find Nadine Cunningham smiling at him from the driver 's seat . |
| 58 | His life would be a charade , for every time he took her in his arms he would see the face of the girl now smiling at him in a way which lit fires in his heart . |
| 59 | She had the face of a cat or a witch , but although she was smiling at him in a queerly macabre way , she looked exhausted and forlorn . |
| 60 | I can see her smiling at me through it . |