Example sentences of "smile at [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled at her like a cat smiling at a mouse . |
| 2 | Aunt Emily smiled at her in a puzzled manner and picked up a letter which lay on the quilt . |
| 3 | Then she smiled at me in a brusque , dismissive manner and directed me to the railway station . |
| 4 | She smiled at him in a distantly friendly way . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |