Example sentences of "took a small " in BNC.

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1 To give the children a surprise on their next visit , I took a small toy lion from my plastic carrier bag and pressed it into a hole in the edge of the doorway .
2 I took a small class of Bermondsey Girl Guides , and realized the nobility of girls who after working for so many hours in bad conditions were still loyal .
3 With his wife and daughter he took a small cottage in the Market Square , ( adjacent to the Red Lion and opposite the White Lion ) , and there seven more children were born , though not all of them grew to maturity .
4 O'Brian , 24 , was on the run from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers when he took a small glass tube of diamorphine — described in court as pure heroin — to the house in Guide Post , Northumberland .
5 Replacing them both , he upended the main body of the telephone cradle and took a small screw-driver from a nearby drawer .
6 From his pocket , Erlich took a small plastic bag , and into it he dropped the cigar butt .
7 In 1355 Edward III appointed the Black Prince his Lieutenant in Aquitaine , and the prince took a small force there in the autumn of that year .
8 Hazel took a small leaf and nibbled politely .
9 So he , he thought he 'd do an experiment , er he took a small piece of radium which he 'd extracted from several tons of pitchblende and he put this bit of radium on his forearm and , and put a bandage round to hold it in place and left it there for a week and said right I 'll see what happens .
10 Constanza took a small flat of her own .
11 Using existing unconnected product breakthroughs , Sony took a small tape player , married it to lightweight headphones and made the Walkman an entirely new product that , after a slight hesitation , became a world beater .
12 I passed the pack and she took a small gold lighter from her purse .
13 He took a small cube of A resin from the pouch next to his knife .
14 At the door he paused and took a small lamp from his pocket , then examined both the locks .
15 He also took a small stone from the centre of the strange formation , and shortly after his return home , he attended a meeting with other dowsers and suggested that it might be interesting to dowse the crop circle samples .
16 He took a small mouthful from his plate then gripped at his stomach and emitted a low moan .
17 Within a few months I took a small office space oh dear I ca n't remember .
18 He returned to the War Office in the winter of 1939–40 , and was wounded again off Dunkirk in June 1940 , when he took a small boat across to join the rescue .
19 They took a small boutique on the Left Bank , where hitherto there had been only antique shops , correctly recognizing that the little street , Rue des Saints Pères , was full of ‘ Laura Ashley spirit ’ .
20 DeVore set his drink down on the table at his side , then took a small device from his pocket and handed it across .
21 Swayne took a small cigar from a box near his chair .
22 And here , ’ he want behind the altar and took a small bell , ‘ you ring this .
23 He took a small jar of ointment , went down the stairs and out across to the convent building .
24 The artist calmly took a small mechanical device and positioned it against the side of her finger which wore a glittering pair of rings in emerald and diamond .
25 In the March 1993 Budget , by freezing excise duty on spirits while raising duty on wine and beer , the then Chancellor took a small step towards levelling the playing field .
26 He watched her as she took a small mouthful of the delicious moist sponge .
27 I took a small brown-paper parcel from the glove compartment .
28 From his jacket pocket he took a small vanity mirror and adjusted his hair .
29 He took a small pin from the sleeve of his doublet and began to scrape between the yellow stumps until he extracted small , grey fragments still wet with mucus .
30 Before she got out , she took a small bottle of Gordon 's gin from her huge red plastic handbag and sprinkled most of it over her neckline and cleavage .
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