If Birdwhistell, in his travels, had been looking not for smiles but for smirks , Chatterbox strongly suspects he would have found lots of them on the smile-barren East Coast, especially in the vicinity of its prep schools and Ivy League universities . Here's a thought  Summon up a mental image of Ali McGraw, the smirkiest performer in the history of the movies.
There would have been people smirking at Bidwhistell in the East Coast.
In the East Coast Birdwhistell would have been received with no shortage of smiles.
I change my oil in the living room of my house.
The porticoes have columns with Ionic designs.
Two people are dancing in the snow.
We invited 20 people but no one turned up.
a man and a woman were raking for a new garden
The woman is carrying a baby.