Example sentences of "smiled [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big , soft and pliable American smiled nervously . |
| 2 | Miriam smiled nervously . |
| 3 | Willie smiled nervously and leaned with his back against the counter to look at the other materials . |
| 4 | He smiled nervously . |
| 5 | She pulled back and smiled nervously . |
| 6 | The girl smiled nervously . |
| 7 | The husband smiled nervously and said he was fine . |
| 8 | She smiled nervously . |
| 9 | She smiled nervously at Sergeant Phyllis Henley , who had been kind to her at the time of their parents ' ungainly departure from life , but uncompromising . |
| 10 | Mr Multhrop smiled nervously . |
| 11 | He smiled nervously . |
| 12 | She smiled nervously as she looked back at him and seemed about to say something , then , instead , leaned forward to kiss him . |
| 13 | Maltote smiled nervously and , led by Ranulf , left the tavern for a night of revelling . |
| 14 | The Watch smiled nervously . |
| 15 | Robyn smiled nervously . |
| 16 | So I smiled nervously and slammed him in the mouth with the metal box , trying to kick him in the groin as he sagged , but his heavy overcoat protected him well . |
| 17 | Three elderly French accordionists eased sideways through the door , smiled nervously , and played conflicting chords . |
| 18 | She smiled nervously , and ( for Lewis ) bewitchingly , and ( for Morse ) heart-eatingly . |
| 19 | UN officials smiled uneasily at this new example of the prince 's sense of fun . |
| 20 | Everyone burst out laughing and Joanie smiled uneasily . |
| 21 | Ianthe smiled uneasily , feeling that some kind of guessing game was being played between them and that she ought to play her part by making a suggestion as to what the work could have been . |
| 22 | He climbed down and smiled thricely through the windscreen . |
| 23 | With unashamed interest , he studied her anxious , freshly scrubbed face , and she found herself responding to the arrival at last of his faint , elusive smile , her limpid eyes softening with warmth because she knew instinctively that he smiled rarely and that she was privileged . |
| 24 | Whenever a man smiled at him he smiled right back . |
| 25 | He smiled right through her . |
| 26 | She walked rather than ran , smiled rather than laughed out loud , dropped her eyes instead of staring frankly . |
| 27 | I smiled rather malevolently at Masha , who lay on a bed , her chin cupped in her hand . |
| 28 | But he smiled rather overpoweringly at the Gnomes , and said that : no , they would not dream of asking them to make such a journey , so hard on the heels of their march in from Gallan . |
| 29 | He smiled rather sardonically . |
| 30 | Jenna smiled rather wanly and went to take a shower . |