Example sentences of "[pron] smiled [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't want her to think I was angry or disappointed , and as I helped her ashore , I smiled and said , ‘ I understand , ’ and , caught in the no-man's-land between desire and fulfilment , leant forward rather clumsily to kiss her . |
| 2 | But I smiled and said , ‘ I ’ m happy to see you , my lord . ’ |
| 3 | So I smiled and said , ‘ Good night , Henry . |
| 4 | I smiled and went on down the train , getting the feel of it now , understanding the way it was put together , beginning to wonder about things like electricity , water supply and sewage . |
| 5 | I smiled and looked at my feet . |
| 6 | I smiled and held out my hand . |
| 7 | I think that may have been construed as impolite , so I smiled and replied that , yes indeed it was still a bit to go before the top , and wow , certainly it was proving mighty tough . |
| 8 | I smiled and shook my head . |
| 9 | Thinking that was a dig at female priorities , she smiled but said nothing as they chugged slowly to a small jetty . |
| 10 | She smiled and gestured that she could n't hear him . |
| 11 | But she smiled and stepped round the doll . |
| 12 | There was a warm breeze from the sea which lifted the woman 's dark hair from her shoulders as she smiled and raised her chin and gazed adoringly at her companion . |
| 13 | She smiled and relaxed a little , even though he was sure that he must have used the joke on her before . |
| 14 | She smiled and took her leave . |
| 15 | She smiled and took the bait . |
| 16 | She smiled and went and put the kettle on , and listened as he wriggled like a worm on a hook . |
| 17 | She smiled and straightened as Greg approached and said : ‘ It looks as if you 've cheered him up . ’ |
| 18 | She smiled and shrugged , gazing away into the distance . |
| 19 | She smiled and touched the flowers again with her fingers . |
| 20 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 21 | Benedicta 's eyes rounded in surprise but she smiled and agreed so quickly that the friar wondered if she , too , felt the kinship between them . |
| 22 | ‘ Still , you know you 're welcome , ’ she smiled and left him and he was not surprised when she did not come to the post office the next evening or the evening after . |
| 23 | She smiled and ran her finger around the top of her coffee cup . |
| 24 | She smiled and stretched her body languorously . |
| 25 | Such a false position was not for her , nor for her was the taunt of cowardice , so she smiled and assented , and allowed him to drag her into the sparsest area of the room . |
| 26 | She smiled and kissed his nose . |
| 27 | She smiled and let him have his way . |
| 28 | She smiled and let her hands drift down his spine to his buttocks . |
| 29 | Now she smiled and got up , excusing herself . |
| 30 | She smiled and said , in a boy 's voice , ‘ Hi . |