Example sentences of "[art] little frightened " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though a little frightened , she let him have his way , and the reckless , shameless sensuality shook her to her foundations … |
| 2 | He appeared to be very perplexed and more than a little frightened by what he saw in the lavatory window above him . |
| 3 | I sat there , battered and bruised , very angry and not a little frightened . |
| 4 | And with that , the taunts of the Weasel 's wife still ringing in her ears , vinegar words , she had felt so good about her allegations , now storming tears , humiliation — and not a little frightened — she fled through to the room . |
| 5 | Since they have been disturbed and more than a little frightened in the process they will vacate the burrow , will very likely feed and then either lie rough on the surface somewhere or go to ground in a completely fresh burrow system . |
| 6 | ‘ You are hurting me , maman , ’ the prince protested , a little frightened by his mother 's anguish . |
| 7 | Startled , and by now more than a little frightened , Patrick headed for Foyles , hoping to lose his followers in the bookshop 's maze of nooks and corners . |
| 8 | Here he was surprised and a little frightened to find that he was being carried further out to sea . |
| 9 | Then he wondered if great explorers ever felt as he did — excited , yes , but more than a little frightened too ! |
| 10 | Damien , sickened , and a little frightened , turned his back on the crowd , and stared sulkily across the street . |
| 11 | It was the first private space Lucien had ever occupied and , until he got used to it , made him feel edgy and a little frightened . |
| 12 | Father Watson had been more than a little frightened by it , and had confided in the nuns that it was more like something produced by some mechanical contrivance , than by a human being . |
| 13 | The young man had ridden hard , and was stained and tired , and not a little frightened at the magnitude of the disaster he reported . |
| 14 | She walked into the sumptuously furnished sitting-room feeling lost and not a little frightened . |
| 15 | Emmie felt very odd : a little frightened but chiefly bored and irritated . |
| 16 | Then , perhaps a little frightened by his own rhetoric but thinking that he might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb , he increased the figure to 1 million . |
| 17 | She wakened as though from some disaster , bewildered , more than a little frightened . |
| 18 | Bemused , a little frightened , he got slowly to his feet and looked around him . |