Example sentences of "[coord] grinned at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made fresh tapes to play in the car , and grinned at the luxury of traffic jams in the company of Louis Prima and Sidney Bechet . |
| 2 | Taff raised his head and grinned at me and , shouting above the din , remarked , ‘ do n't worry about me , Piper , I 'm all right . |
| 3 | The Reverend Witherspoon shook his head and grinned at his tall friend . |
| 4 | He put a supporting arm round Farquhar 's shoulders and grinned at the men rowing only hard enough to hold the ship steady . |
| 5 | Henry looked down the table now and grinned at his mother as he said , ‘ Yes , Mama . ’ |
| 6 | She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life . |
| 7 | Round the corner of the drive he turned and grinned at Meryl , who had kept her face down , striving to maintain a deadpan expression . |
| 8 | She turned on the charm to all she met and grinned at cameramen , seeming to know instinctively when the best pictures were being taken . |
| 9 | Pino wriggled flirtatiously and grinned at Constance , who laughed at him . |
| 10 | He waved and grinned at her and jerked a thumb upwards . |
| 11 | Danny sat up straight in his chair and grinned at Carrie . |
| 12 | He glanced over his shoulder and grinned at her , knowing she could n't catch up with him , but when he looked round he found himself heading straight for a display of fresh produce outside a delicatessen . |
| 13 | She called , ‘ Wait for me , Nick , ’ and he looked back and grinned at her . |
| 14 | She straightened sharply , and grinned at me , but her face was pale and there were shadows I had n't noticed a moment before . |
| 15 | She opened one eye and grinned at him . |
| 16 | Even Isay unbent a little , and grinned at a raven-haired wench when she made a lewd pluck at his staff . |
| 17 | The man in the front passenger seat turned round , however , and grinned at Harry with cold-eyed hostility . |
| 18 | Benjamin remounted and grinned at me . |
| 19 | The soldier , his eyes dead and full of drink , shrugged and grinned at his two companions , sallow , pimply youths already much the worse for wine . |
| 20 | He turned and grinned at Maeve . |
| 21 | Florian stopped his theatrically narrow-eyed scrutiny of Maria and grinned at Luke , who must have been telling the truth because he was all attention , no less than riveted . |
| 22 | The attendant sauntered up and grinned at Maggie . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , that 's once , ’ murmured Isabel sceptically , and grinned at her new sister-in-law . |
| 24 | Pam sat up , her face flushed with happiness and an almost girlish embarrassment , and grinned at the two men who had just entered . |
| 25 | He turned and grinned at his companions . |
| 26 | I looked at the little priest and grinned at Benjamin . |
| 27 | ‘ Sounds like a good idea , ’ he called , and grinned at Ashley . |
| 28 | He slung an arm around her shoulders and grinned at Jake . |
| 29 | Andrew Barrett , the paediatrician , came down to the department on the Thursday morning to deal with an admission , and grinned at Jack . |