Example sentences of "[verb] her [prep] [art] small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucenzo ruthlessly hurried the shaken Meredith through a small door , to the sound of indulgent ribaldry , and drew her into a small salotto . |
| 2 | A legacy from a great-aunt had bought their house and provided her with a small income . |
| 3 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |
| 4 | He found her in a small kitchen . |
| 5 | Jill nodded , standing aside to let Lindsey precede her into the small side ward . |
| 6 | Her limbs were graceful , her whole body proportioned like that of a young goddess ; as for her breasts , an infatuated young man who had seen her in a small part at Robert 's Shield Theatre wrote her a letter quoting the Song of Solomon at length : Asshe threatened to horsewhip him . |
| 7 | She tried to tug her arm away , but he ignored her struggles , leading her into a small , plush-carpeted room furnished simply with a desk and bookcase , a couple of armchairs , and a long , padded couch set back along one wall . |
| 8 | ‘ I made this for you , Anna , ’ he had said , presenting her with a small wooden doll . |
| 9 | With a wide smile , one of the waitresses came to collect her , and seat her at a small table in the window . |
| 10 | However , if Ross had been suffering from boredom , he managed to hide the fact very well when , only a few days later , he contacted her at the small London flat she was temporarily sharing with some friends from university , and invited her out to dinner . |
| 11 | The word escaped her in a small explosion of sound . |
| 12 | She seemed to notice him only as he came closer , up to his chair , facing her across the small , four-legged table with the dully glowing red jewel in its centre . |
| 13 | He threatened her with a small knife and assaulted her . |
| 14 | Forcing herself to assume a composure she was far from feeling , Gina allowed him to usher her from the small lobby behind the front door into a living-room of graceful proportions . |
| 15 | He pulled her down the small corridor that led to the steps to the attics . |
| 16 | He held her arm lightly just below the cobalt blue cape sleeve , and steered her through a small group of women who had chosen to prolong their discourse by the door . |
| 17 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 18 | I led her to a small shelter in the Palace side of the Park . |
| 19 | On the same day Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka said that she would firmly use the increased powers given her by the small constitution , including giving orders to ministers , which had not been possible before . |
| 20 | Nick took her to a small restaurant a few miles outside Cambridge , where they both tried to behave as if nothing untoward had happened . |
| 21 | He took her to a small farmhouse , and hid her in the bam . |
| 22 | They took her to a small , perfect restaurant , where she had never been before , and fed her on soup and fish and meat and cheese , all of a quality and in quantities she had only dreamed of during the war . |
| 23 | He reminded her of a small , vole-like animal , a guinea pig or a mole . |
| 24 | When I put her in a small paddock while I muck out , she licks the soil for about ten minutes . |
| 25 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 26 | He motioned her to the small round table she had n't seen being laid out and urged her to drink and eat . |
| 27 | Seizing her wrist , he hauled her to her feet and dragged her through the small hall and into a side-room with a wide , specially designed window on the north wall . |
| 28 | She let him accompany her into the small lounge where the set was kept in segregation from the vocal and gregarious fishermen , and settle her in a comfortable chair , cheek by jowl with a single elderly lady , who seemed pleased to have company , and disposed to conversation . |
| 29 | I asked , following her into the small corridor we called the ward ‘ flat ’ . |
| 30 | He was obviously well-known because people nodded to him , smiled , glanced curiously at her as Feargal sat her at a small table at the rear . |