Example sentences of "smile at [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Lambs rubbed against the fence adjacent to Pete and cows seemed to smile at him across the farmyard . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At last she felt clear and a kind woman smiled at her among the machines and said , ‘ Nearly ready now . ’ |
| 6 | He smiled at her like a cat smiling at a mouse . |
| 7 | A dark and lovely young woman smiled at her from the doorstep . |
| 8 | Aunt Emily smiled at her in a puzzled manner and picked up a letter which lay on the quilt . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Then she smiled at me in a brusque , dismissive manner and directed me to the railway station . |
| 12 | Eva smiled at me from the driver 's seat . |
| 13 | She smiled at him as the general hurriedly got dressed . |
| 14 | She smiled at him over the table napkin , which was removing a minute trace of profiterole . |
| 15 | She smiled at him in a distantly friendly way . |
| 16 | He rose to his feet , genuinely pleased to see the pretty girl who smiled at him from the doorway . |
| 17 | She smiled at him from the opposite stool . |
| 18 | He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day . |
| 21 | His grandmother was clutching his arm , smiling at him with an almost girlish pleasure . |
| 22 | She finished her drink , smiling at him over the rim of the cup . |
| 23 | He glanced in to find Nadine Cunningham smiling at him from the driver 's seat . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Matthew was smiling at her over the edge of his glass . |
| 27 | He shrugged , leaning back in his chair , smiling at her for the first time with that devastating smile which made her heart beat faster . |
| 28 | As though humouring her , he put out his arms and held her loosely round the waist , smiling at her in a sympathetic way , as one does to an invalid . |
| 29 | ‘ I think we could sit down now , ’ Charlotte said in her clear voice , smiling at them from the door , and they followed her into the dining room . |
| 30 | I glance fearfully at Enid , but she is smiling at us like an indulgent mother . |