Example sentences of "she [vb past] a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | then , her lips pressed tight , she made a small laughing sound before saying , ‘ Not your type ? ’ |
| 2 | She made a small motion of her head , then looked down . |
| 3 | She said nothing , but gazed at him with wide , terrified eyes , then almost involuntarily she made a small gesture with her hands to ward him off and he , taking it as a token of reciprocal feeling , stepped forward and took her in his arms . |
| 4 | Startled by his sudden , critical observation , she made a small gesture of dismissal . |
| 5 | Into each piece she inserted a small two-pronged cylinder the size and shape of a small capacitor , and twisted each of them . |
| 6 | She built a small fire in the grate , just for the comfort , then went into the kitchen . |
| 7 | When she arrived back , a little late and with only about forty minutes before she should go down to dinner , she found a small packet on her dressing-table . |
| 8 | One day in 1868 she found a small tree pushing its way through a pile of discarded fruit . |
| 9 | When he had made his mark , she drew a small packet of fragrant sweets called cachous from her cuff and gave him one . |
| 10 | She affected a small frown of concentration . |
| 11 | As she gathered them together , she noticed a small pamphlet stuffed inside the first carrier bag , and puzzled she pulled it out . |
| 12 | She doodled a small , ugly dwarf , then a couple of unicorns . |
| 13 | The small of her back began to feel warm as she imagined a small bead of laser light centred there , cueing a flamer , or a needler , or a screamer , or anything nasty and permanent . |
| 14 | Mrs Puri celebrated the coming of spring in an uncharacteristically spendthrift manner : she threw a small thanksgiving party . |
| 15 | And she refused to go another step until his arm was properly cared for , Isabel vowed , as she dug a small hole in the top of the misshapen lump with her thumbnail . |
| 16 | She sighed a small sigh , feeling a little better . |
| 17 | She opened a small peacock-blue fan she had been holding and began to fan herself . |
| 18 | She opened a small round leather box to find that it contained tiny gold collar studs and several pairs of cuff links . |
| 19 | At eighteen she opened a small school in Kentish Town with her mother , who was committed to Pestalozzi 's reforming ideas . |
| 20 | In 1877 she opened a small chapel in her house in Cottenham Park . |
| 21 | She opened a small drawer in the pretty rosewood table beside her chair , dropped the trinket into it , then closed it with a kind of finality . |
| 22 | She thrust a small linen-bound bundle into his hand . |
| 23 | He did not answer but just before she heard his bedroom door close she would swear that she heard a small chortle of laughter — as if her dry afterthought of a good morning had amused him . |
| 24 | To provide jobs she started a small jam factory and she sponsored left-wing republican political initiatives . |
| 25 | And she fished a small parcel from her pocket , and showed Sally-Anne her treasure just as the horse bus finally groaned up — or neighed up , thought Sally-Anne irreverently . |
| 26 | She placed a small delicate hand on it and bade Miriam good-night . |
| 27 | I passed the pack and she took a small gold lighter from her purse . |
| 28 | He watched her as she took a small mouthful of the delicious moist sponge . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She offered a small forkful as coaxingly as to a baby . |