Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any landing you walk away from is a good one , ’ she exclaimed as they taxied in to the small terminal . |
| 2 | The last two boxes were lifted on to the small boat , the men who strained under their weight cursing as they completed their task . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , Sun has come in for no small amount of criticism in pursuing what is often strictly an ‘ invented here ’ approach to technology solutions , at the expense of making some pragmatic marketing decisions . |
| 4 | The way we had taken was winding down towards a small lock or tarn . |
| 5 | Evans 's heavy hand smacked down on the small man 's shoulder . |
| 6 | The custom of cleaning the close had been explained to Madge on the day she moved in by a small woman carrying a metal pail and a large card . |
| 7 | He shrugged his shoulders , before walking over to the small refrigerator set in a corner of the living-room . |
| 8 | It branched off opposite a small village , a satellite of Reggane , almost where I had begun walking . |
| 9 | As she did so , she noticed that the heath adjoining the road rose up to a small hill , on top of which stood an old and dilapidated windmill . |
| 10 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 11 | She wanted to curl up in a small ball somewhere quiet , dark and safe , and stay there until she felt capable of facing the world again . |
| 12 | By studying regions of the proteins the proteinase cuts , they have come up with a small molecule that can block this scissor action . |
| 13 | An external 2-pole 5-way switch will then be needed and the circuit shown in Fig. 13 built up on a small board . |
| 14 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for the effects of cold . |
| 15 | The boys were eventually picked up by a small boat and were taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital in Douglas where they were treated for cold . |
| 16 | The meticulously clean rooms are of medium size , nicely furnished and decorated with telephone and T.V. The breakfast room is of a good size and looks out onto a small garden . |
| 17 | The dining room has a thirty foot wall of glass which enables guests to view the attractive landscaped garden and which looks out to a small patio for guests to enjoy in the summer . |
| 18 | And the forty-three forces in England and Wales now contain some formidable units , amalgamated out of the small borough , city , and county forces of the pre-1960s , many of which were prone to the whims of corrupt local politicians ( Simey 1988 ) . |
| 19 | The revolution was carried out by a small élite , as was the transformation that followed . |
| 20 | The RHA 's review was carried out by a small team of experts led by a psychiatrist and including a senior nurse and a senior social services representative . |
| 21 | A plan for Greater London was also commissioned , this time carried out by a small team led by Abercrombie . |
| 22 | This work has been carried out by a small group of volunteers ( three to four persons ) . |
| 23 | She wandered back into the small sitting-room with her mug of tea , put it down on the polished surface of a table but removed it hastily in case it left a tell-tale ring which S. Kettering might complain about in the future . |
| 24 | Culley moved around in the small space close to the window . |
| 25 | On the relief the girl Athena , without aegis or shield ( she is shown now even without helmet , or with it in her hand ) leans on her spear , hand on hip , looking down at a small stele . |
| 26 | Looking down from a small window in the lodge house , the factor Robert Menzies was terrified to see the throngs of people , like herds of cattle milling at a tryst . |
| 27 | However , setting this aside and taking parent-authorisation at face value , the high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage perceived to be casual or persistent truants . |
| 28 | The high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage of unauthorised absentees as the diagram shows . |
| 29 | We came down in a small clearing and ended up in the trees . |
| 30 | Powerful amplifiers can be turned down for a small hall , but a weak amplifier has no potential for increased volume before it starts distorting the sound . |