Example sentences of "smiled [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Erlich smiled and walked past the policeman , a dozen strides , into the centre of the road .
2 I heard the clink of coins , smiled and tiptoed round the bed .
3 Do you know , the girl just smiled and played with the ring on her finger .
4 Without hesitation he approached me , held out a hand , smiled and said with a touch of humour , ‘ Doctor Masters , I presume ? ’
5 Blanche smiled and strode towards the swing doors .
6 But she smiled and stepped round the doll .
7 Then she smiled and replied to the question with a joke .
8 He smiled and frowned in the way she loved .
9 He smiled and headed for the bedroom .
10 He smiled and nodded towards the stage , where Caroline was just disappearing behind the curtains .
11 He smiled and nodded to the words of greeting from the crowd , and his blind face searched for someone .
12 She smiled and pointed to the wall to her right .
13 He smiled and pointed towards a point low in the eastern sky .
14 As the Queen led her broken family into church at Sandringham yesterday , the two young princes smiled and waved at the crowd of 600 well-wishers .
15 In any case , the instant she turned , smiled and waved to the young lifeguard ( who could n't control himself and burst out laughing ) , she was unaware of her age .
16 And then he looked in her direction , smiled and waved over the woman 's shoulder , continued to talk to her for a few moments , then laid a hand on her arm for an instant and moved towards Helen .
17 When she turned and saw the sheet spread out on the ground she smiled and scuttled through the dust on her heels till she was next to him .
18 Corbett smiled and leaned against the doorpost .
19 He smiled and hurried to the escalator , scuttling up the moving stairway towards street level , finally emerging into the ticket hall ; As he passed through he cast one last glance behind him to assure himself he was free of pursuers .
20 He smiled and spoke in a highly cultivated English voice as he continued his sentence ‘ … for now in this 20th century the great nation of China is quickly being modernized . ’
21 And the woman smiled but pointed at the direction that they were to go .
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