Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | Within a few months I took a small office space oh dear I ca n't remember . |
| 4 | I took a small brown-paper parcel from the glove compartment . |
| 5 | I passed the pack and she took a small gold lighter from her purse . |
| 6 | He watched her as she took a small mouthful of the delicious moist sponge . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He took a small cube of A resin from the pouch next to his knife . |
| 13 | He took a small mouthful from his plate then gripped at his stomach and emitted a low moan . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He took a small jar of ointment , went down the stairs and out across to the convent building . |
| 16 | From his jacket pocket he took a small vanity mirror and adjusted his hair . |
| 17 | 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 . |