Example sentences of "and smiling [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little girl was still holding the baby , cradling it and smiling into its face . |
| 2 | Troops and tanks were coming over the bridge , the soldiers appeared very pleased to be here , waving and smiling at everyone . |
| 3 | ‘ To hell with the client ’ says Howard , catching her hand and smiling at her . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't go , ’ said the doctor , lying back in his chair and smiling at her lazily . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going to help you , ’ he said , jumping up and smiling at her . |
| 6 | ‘ I see he bred a good hater , ’ said Isambard , looking him over at leisure as he held him , and smiling at what he found . |
| 7 | But Gemma saw it and smiling at him , her affection undiminished , closed her own eyes gratefully . |
| 8 | We felt , or at least I did , intensely happy , and I found myself looking straight into people 's faces and smiling at them . |
| 9 | I mean , there she was nodding away and smiling at me , and Ollie , poor old dimwit braindead Ollie , actually jumped to the conclusion that these outward behavioural ties were reliable indicators of reciprocated attraction . |
| 10 | Cos she 's gone mad and they put it on her , right , and they , they 're holding her and they 're tapping out of the stage sidewards and she 's sort of like going like this , she , she , thinks all these nice men 'll love me and then like at the end of the show you see them , they 're tapping her out of the studio and putting her into a van and she 's still wearing a straight jacket and smiling at you . |
| 11 | The sowing of the seed of the gospel does not happen just with a look , any more than the sowing of barley occurs by the farmer going out and smiling at his field . |
| 12 | As Little Billy went from window to window , the Minpins followed him , clustering round and smiling at his exclamations of wonder . |
| 13 | He waited for three-quarters of an hour , until the mottled grey of false-dawn had given way to a pink-and-pearl flush above the silent rooftops , then left , walking between the rows of drawn curtains and smiling at his wrong choice . |
| 14 | He did n't advise but just stood there , nodding his head vaguely and smiling to himself while his hands — almost involuntarily — went through the motions of twisting the spindle he 'd brought with him and winding on the wool . |
| 15 | Jenna lay looking at the sky , breathing in the smell of the grass and smiling to herself . |
| 16 | So write , Nicholas , ’ he said , leaning back relaxed and smiling in his chair , ‘ and I will sign it . |