Example sentences of "smile at [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd never smiled at her like that . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I tried to smile at him through my tears , but I realized it had n't turned out very well , so I squeezed his hand which I was holding . |
| 4 | Lambs rubbed against the fence adjacent to Pete and cows seemed to smile at him across the farmyard . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | She smiles at me as if she really likes me . |
| 7 | Tamsin smiles at me from Suzie 's side . |
| 8 | They 're all being so ridiculously polite that you begin to consider the option of using ‘ fuck off ’ as your opening line to these people who nod and bow and smile at you despite the fact that they are merely passing by . |
| 9 | Oh God , thought Daisy , he must n't smile at her like that , he 's utterly irresistible . |
| 10 | I wish he 'd smile at me like that , Anne thought . |
| 11 | He smiled at her with that lopsided grin and she was undone . |
| 12 | He smiled at her with such confidence that she felt comforted . |
| 13 | His voice was quiet , matter-of-fact and kind , and his eyes smiled at her with interest and curiosity , she thought , beyond the mere charm he must use by native grace upon all who came near him and were weaker than he . |
| 14 | He smiled at her with lazy charm . |
| 15 | Sandra smiled at her with such malignant dislike that she shivered . |
| 16 | She was n't saying anything , but Ma smiled at her as if she had done something very clever . |
| 17 | And then he smiled at her as if for the first time , a smile that made her think that he had been touched by God . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , Karen , ’ he smiled at her as if she were an acquaintance he 'd just spotted in a crowd . |
| 19 | Charles smiled at her before moving to the centre of the room . |
| 20 | His pale eyes glittered spitefully as he smiled at her before walking back inside . |
| 21 | Judy was at the reception desk and Fran smiled at her before tapping on the door and entering the boardroom . |
| 22 | At last she felt clear and a kind woman smiled at her among the machines and said , ‘ Nearly ready now . ’ |
| 23 | He smiled at her like a cat smiling at a mouse . |
| 24 | He 'ate the English , but when he gets to know Perdita , ’ Alejandro smiled at her from under the peak of his cap , ‘ he will forgeeve . ’ |
| 25 | A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep . |
| 26 | And they all smiled at her from time to time . |
| 27 | He smiled at her in wry relief . |
| 28 | Aunt Emily smiled at her in a puzzled manner and picked up a letter which lay on the quilt . |
| 29 | He smiled at her in undisguised relief . |
| 30 | I handed her the drink and she smiled at me with all her splendid teeth and said , " Thank you . |