Example sentences of "a little startle " in BNC.
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| 1 | That this film , of all films , was prepared to judge paintings merely as symptoms of moral decay , was a little startling . |
| 2 | She looked a little startled , but she did as she was told . |
| 3 | Briant put his hand in his inside jacket pocket and pulled out the folded sheet of paper that carried his statement , and , a little startled at the sudden wave of apprehension that swept over him , he stood up . |
| 4 | ‘ H 'm , ’ grunted Tom , a little startled . |
| 5 | Mrs Frizzell looked a little startled , and retired to the tea table with what she hoped was a stylish bow . |
| 6 | The vagueness had gone from her eyes , though she seemed a little startled . |
| 7 | A little startled , she looked up , and was more startled because Ven was much closer than she had thought , and she found she was staring straight into a pair of inscrutable and penetrating dark eyes . |