Example sentences of "she [vb past] [art] little [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made a little throw-away gesture . |
| 2 | She made a little fluttering motion with her hands , and in a high-pitched , girlish voice , said , ‘ Disappear ! ’ |
| 3 | He put his hands on her breasts and she made a little soft sound . |
| 4 | Instead she got a little sardonic bow and he turned and left . |
| 5 | She was to stay with her sister until Isobel decided definitely whether to remain in Tollemarche or return to England , and occasionally she became a little bored and was glad of Hank 's lively company , though to her annoyance , he treated her as if she were a ten-year-old . |
| 6 | Dublin was a happy town , Ellie decided , although Grafton Street , the main shopping area , she found a little disappointing because the shops were n't so very different from those at home . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course , ’ Belinda murmured , thinking that it was typical of Dr Russell not to mention this illustrious connection , which she found a little intimidating . |
| 8 | The heavily plucked eyebrows and the full mouth , thickly and glossily lipsticked , she found a little distasteful . |
| 9 | The whore sniffed and tried to walk with a ladylike gait ; she seemed a little drunk and occasionally stopped to pause for breath . |
| 10 | She seemed a little jealous . |
| 11 | She was n't trying to look coquettish , but she seemed a little silly all the same . |
| 12 | I thought that she deserved a little special attention . |
| 13 | She laughed a little tinkling laugh again . |
| 14 | Indeed , for a moment , she looked a little upset . |
| 15 | Adele , the younger of the two sisters although some privately reckoned that she looked a little drawn-in and slightly older than Angelica , was wiping down the flour from the big kitchen table as they came through the door . |
| 16 | ‘ I only took her to the doctor because she had a bad nose bleed at playgroup , and I thought she looked a little pale . |
| 17 | It was then he noticed that she looked a little worried , as well as excited . |
| 18 | She looked a little peculiar , but she would make everyone else look pitifully ordinary . |
| 19 | That was n't entirely true , but she felt a little nervous . |
| 20 | The idea was a novelty , it illumined a new area of thought in Isabel Lavender 's mind , and she felt a little daring , a little afraid , at bringing up for scrutiny something she had so long taken for granted . |
| 21 | She was relieved to be out in the cool night air , but the journey home was an awkward one and she felt a little sorry for herself as she waited for her second bus . |
| 22 | She has had a very busy weekend and she felt a little tired . |
| 23 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 24 | For some reason she felt a little disappointed for them . |
| 25 | She knew it was not the correct mode of address but she felt a little odd , outside reality , and was afraid she was about to dissolve into tears . |
| 26 | She felt a little foolish , too . |
| 27 | She felt a little ashamed of herself as the close-up revealed a skin no longer young under the false bloom of youth . |
| 28 | Jess got the impression she felt a little embarrassed at having been so frank before a servant . |
| 29 | She felt a little afraid of the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle , because they were so large . |
| 30 | She grew a little bored , restless . |