The sergeant grinned and picked a shred of meat from his back teeth with a fingernail.

He knows that land out there, he should do, the sergeant grinned.

The armoury sergeant, a veteran with one leg, was grinning hopefully at him.

"We'll leave her thet to remember us by," grinned the sergeant.

The sergeant was grinning, and he had the same sort of shallow look behind the eyeballs.

The sergeant grinned, but Ryan could hear that the edge had gone from his voice.

The sergeant grinned recklessly, stepping aside to allow the party through the opening blast doors.

When she said that, the sergeant grinned.

The sergeant grinned to his men for a chorus of agreement, and turned back to the traveler.

His sergeant grinned back at him, not in the least put out.