Example sentences of "took a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the door he paused and took a small lamp from his pocket , then examined both the locks . |
| 2 | I passed the pack and she took a small gold lighter from her purse . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Swayne took a small cigar from a box near his chair . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He took a small mouthful from his plate then gripped at his stomach and emitted a low moan . |
| 7 | He watched her as she took a small mouthful of the delicious moist sponge . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He took a small cube of A resin from the pouch next to his knife . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And here , ’ he want behind the altar and took a small bell , ‘ you ring this . |
| 14 | He took a small jar of ointment , went down the stairs and out across to the convent building . |
| 15 | From his pocket , Erlich took a small plastic bag , and into it he dropped the cigar butt . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Replacing them both , he upended the main body of the telephone cradle and took a small screw-driver from a nearby drawer . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Within a few months I took a small office space oh dear I ca n't remember . |
| 20 | Hazel took a small leaf and nibbled politely . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Madge Grimsilk took a small hand torch from her bag , pressed the button and placed it behind the forest at one side . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | DeVore set his drink down on the table at his side , then took a small device from his pocket and handed it across . |
| 25 | Constanza took a small flat of her own . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | From his jacket pocket he took a small vanity mirror and adjusted his hair . |