Example sentences of "smile that [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now that 's an idea , ’ he agreed slowly , giving her a cold smile that lifted his lips , but did not quite reach his eyes . |
| 2 | She did n't see Travis lift his head to look down at her sleeping form , nor the strange little smile that twisted his lips before he lay down again , tucking her body closely into the warmth of his . |
| 3 | Shelley gave him a smile that deflated his compliment without being ungracious . |
| 4 | ‘ Go to hell ! ’ she shouted , and did n't at all like the smile that crossed his features . |
| 5 | The only smile that crossed his lips all afternoon was when he saw someone knocked out . |
| 6 | His humour constantly breaks through in asides and anecdotes , as does a delightful and mastering smile that transforms his face like Aegean sunlight on a frowning sea . |
| 7 | Lissa thrust her belongings back into her jacket , bending her head to hide from him the secretive smile that touched her lips . |
| 8 | He smiled , a slow , charming smile that made her blood turn to water . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , Hilly , Hilly , ’ he breathed — and then he smiled , a beautiful , slow lopsided smile that made her heart turn over . |
| 10 | Luke shook his head , his mouth curled into the kind of annoying smile that made her fingers itch to slap it away . |
| 11 | He drew back and gave her a smile that made her blood thicken . |
| 12 | A hard smile touched his mouth , a smile that made her heart skip beats . |
| 13 | She turned to stare at him and saw that he was smiling — a twisted smile that made her colour rise quickly . |
| 14 | He turned to look at her , and the sweet , warm smile that lit his face made her heart contract . |
| 15 | He was smiling , if that could be called a smile that drew his long mouth out of line , plucking the left corner obliquely upwards . |
| 16 | ‘ But , ’ he added with a smile that softened his refusal but did not change it , ‘ I 'm still not playing hide and seek . ’ |
| 17 | Jake smiled fleetingly , an affectionate smile that softened his features . |
| 18 | She imagined he was going to make a move towards her , but what he did was to hitch the child closer to him until his face was almost pressed against his own and then he smiled a smile that widened his full lips but , as she had seen before , did not separate his teeth . |
| 19 | She smiled now , a smile that put her friend at ease . |
| 20 | With a slow smile that gave his face quite extraordinary charm , he picked up his bowl , waved a languid hand , then turned and ambled back across the garden , his borrowings clutched ridiculously to his large chest . |