31.   They were all too kind to snigger but Suzi distinctly saw fat Luiza shrug her shoulders in a gesture of fatalistic despair.

32.   Malcolm raised his eyebrows at me and I shrugged my shoulders.

33.   She shrugged her shoulders in their thin wool jacket.

34.   Julie, who taught at a local school in a notoriously rough, tough area of the city, shrugged her shoulders.

35.   Ignoring the heavy irony of his voice, and deciding that she was just too weary to rise to the bait, Laura merely shrugged her shoulders.

36.   He shrugged his shoulders, before walking over to the small refrigerator set in a corner of the living-room.

37.   Virginia said with quiet distaste, gazing round the old mahogany boardroom table, infuriatingly aware that her family were mentally shrugging their shoulders at her protests.

38.   She tried to act flippant by shrugging her shoulders and holding out her palms but inside she felt far from flippant.

39.   Rory had been reduced to simply shrugging her shoulders in reply, stuck for an answer, and that had depressed her still more.

40.   She shrugged her shoulders, temporarily giving up the fight.