Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now angry frustration replaced satisfaction , and she experienced a little spurt of apprehension amid the bleak realisation that he had n't been speaking out of generosity after all . |
| 2 | She laid the little box down ; she buttoned her gloves again . |
| 3 | She made a little rite of soaking her feet in a corn cure called ‘ Reudel ’ , and as she lowered her feet into the bowl of steaming water there was again that little look , that narrowing of the eyes and pursing of the lips , which said so much with so little disturbance of her features . |
| 4 | She made a little oatmeal porridge for Enoch , and for the three adults she cooked bacon and potatoes , in the iron pan they had brought from home , and used some of the water ration to make tea . |
| 5 | If left sitting on a chair she would pick at the cloth cover until she made a little hole and then would pull out the threads and small pieces of the inside padding to eat . |
| 6 | And she made a little dint in the ground which filled with some water and became a little pool for the snake to drink out . |
| 7 | She made a little mock inclination . |
| 8 | She made a little moan , her head refusing to obey her and tilting back in pleasure at the touch of his hands . |
| 9 | She made a little sound in the back of her throat . |
| 10 | She made a little sound of distress , and Calder stopped in the midst of his story . |
| 11 | She got a little boy . |
| 12 | Cos she got a little bit lonely . |
| 13 | At the top of a hill she passed a little oasis of trees that surrounded a small pool . |
| 14 | She helped the little ones to get washed and dressed ; she helped them to play and draw and read . |
| 15 | Having heard of his family 's desire for an heir , she fantasised a little as to whether his wife might be expecting again . |
| 16 | forgotten all about it , anyway she found a little dent apparently our Laura said that 's just as bad as finding lumps . |
| 17 | The babysitter , 14 at the time of Stephen 's death in November last year , told police she found the little boy dead after leaving him alone to go to a disco . |
| 18 | When she entered the little cottage , her mother was doing the washing as usual . |
| 19 | But when she entered the little kitchen the first thing she saw was the flowers . |
| 20 | As she entered the little parlour behind her , Theda was brought up short by the sight of a stranger standing before the fireplace . |
| 21 | Out of it she drew a little distaff , much as we would draw out a pair of knitting needles . |
| 22 | Beside the line offering coffee , she drew a little cup and saucer . |
| 23 | When she woke the little room was still quiet , but the sun had moved from the window and was beginning to dip behind the hillside , the cypresses casting long shadows over the tailored lawns . |
| 24 | It was a large house , so she ate a little piece of mushroom to get bigger , and walked on . |
| 25 | She seemed a little hurt suddenly . |
| 26 | She poured a little whisky into a glass , put the stopper back in the decanter , thought for a moment , then took it out and helped herself to a more sensible amount . |
| 27 | She was in fact a magnificent figure of a woman , with no sag or spread ; only , nursing the children had given her a fullness of the breasts which would not lessen , although she turned the little Olivia over to a servant with a feeding-bottle as soon as one could be found . |
| 28 | With her veils damp , her mask awry and her skirts bedraggled , she danced a little jig . |
| 29 | ‘ I could see how dark it was and it was on my mind and I thought she rushed a little bit but it worked in my favour , ’ said McNeil . |
| 30 | She walked a little distance away from him , watching him out of the corner of her eye . |