An idea occurred to her and she started to smile.
Starting to smile, he didn't even wait for my question.
"For the first time since we arrived in this city, I started to smile."
To her surprise, he actually started to smile, at least a little.
They both looked at each other and started to smile.
That made him feel better right away, he decided, and started to smile in spite of himself.
She started to smile, then the door of it opened.
He started to smile as the ideas began to flow together.
I started to smile and then saw the two men by the east doorway.
I'd see that her eyes were open, and she was starting to smile at me.