Example sentences of "was a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those days there was a small core of paid research staff who were responsible for a large number of countries — if you did the Soviet Union , you were also responsible for Eastern Europe and half of Western Europe as well ! ’ |
| 2 | The absence of a non-Roman catholic school in the immediate area and the naïve belief that they were empowered in some way to have a say in what type of school should appear on their housing estate — there was a small Roman catholic school which was to be expanded to cater for the growth of the population — may have sharpened catholic parents ' interest in having an integrated school . |
| 3 | He was a small man , distinctly foreign in appearance , with a rigidly waxed moustache and an egg-shaped head which he carried rather to one side . |
| 4 | The back garden was a small square of lawn bordered by rhododendrons which , in turn , were surrounded by a high wattle fence . |
| 5 | She left India , the land of her birth when she was a small child . |
| 6 | I feel that their movement follows the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi which has deeply inspired me ever since I was a small boy . |
| 7 | This was a small performance of emetic perfection by young Jackson Kyle . |
| 8 | At the far end was a small hall with tables and chairs piled up along the walls . |
| 9 | One in particular was a small wooden box , something like a shoe box and was filled with explosives . |
| 10 | In the town of Keonjhar there was a small reservoir which Tara could n't resist leaping into . |
| 11 | Them aside , though it was a small family . |
| 12 | It was a small outbuilding off Denmark Street , behind a Greek bookshop . |
| 13 | It was a tiny place — nothing more than a shop knocked through from the street at ground level , no more than 60 feet long At one end was a small bar — from which we sold orange juices on top of the counter with the booze tucked away underneath . |
| 14 | Finally , Type 5 was a small aircraft for local services in the UK and the colonies . |
| 15 | All we got was a small discount because we bought such a huge quantity . |
| 16 | One was a small café that sold pizza and chips for less than the small fortune we expected , and served by a girl friendlier than we could have hoped for . |
| 17 | The manager was a small Hungarian with the cosmopolitan air restaurateurs have the world over and full of a nervous , twitching charm . |
| 18 | Charles adored him and had done since he was a small child . |
| 19 | It was a small station in a rural area with very few employees . |
| 20 | This was a small operating system patch by the name of MacPuke , which made the innocuous little beige box belch in a particularly corpulent , beer-sodden way when the operating system decided to eject a floppy disc from the drive . |
| 21 | As Thurlow sums him up , ‘ in everyday life he was a small insignificant man in an ordinary suit … but take off the uniform of the city solicitor and put on the running singlet and the track shoes and the transformation was amazing ’ . |
| 22 | There was a small disturbance early yesterday , it emerges , at the famous entrance which is soon to be closed by Mrs Thatcher 's ornamental security gates . |
| 23 | On the day , though , that was a small achievement . |
| 24 | Next to these was a small antique shop , window lights on even at this hour , displaying elegant white china dogs and small pieces of Victorian furniture , and next to that an estate agent . |
| 25 | He was a small bright-eyed , balding , active man , interested in everything around him . |
| 26 | Thors was a small price to pay for the risks that Britain would be running by having American missiles deployed in her crowded islands . |
| 27 | As I left the railway station , the police warned me that there was a small demonstration against Norman Tebbit 's recent industrial relations reforms . |
| 28 | She was a small , emaciated mouse who wore a perpetually martyred expression . |
| 29 | Round the end with some shrubs poking over it was a small window with frosted glass . |
| 30 | It was a small house so they had to share a bed . |