Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] on a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These findings , although based on a small sample from one industry , suggest a need for programmes on preventing sexually transmitted diseases for business travellers . |
| 2 | This is not the case , interestingly , in Tyzack , who are now one or two generations removed from their founder and , although working on a small scale internationally , have managed to create a strong collegial style , with a low turnover of consultants . |
| 3 | He rubbed his hands together in anticipation and pressed the play button on a video that stood on a small table . |
| 4 | Bobbin-making was originally a coppice industry — one of those that depended on a small plantation of selected trees for commercial use — in this case birch . |
| 5 | The rectory , some hundred yards from St Andrew 's , was a high Victorian monstrosity , facing north , and perched on a small mound the better to catch the chilly winds of the Cotswold country . |
| 6 | He exchanged a few pleasantries with Jeane the Amazon , and collected on a small cocaine deal with a Senior Lecturer in Romance Languages . |
| 7 | ‘ Then I 'll get some , ’ she decided on the spot , and embarked on a small spending spree , ending up with a bottle of Becherovka , a bottle of plum brandy called Slivovitz and a presentation box of some sweet wafer biscuits called Oplatky which were traditional to the area . |
| 8 | Briefly , serum ( 1 ml ) was diluted with two volumes of isotonic saline and extracted on a small column of octadecysilane bonded silica at 64°C . |
| 9 | At first this bus route ran a few yards further than the trolleybuses , which had run round the Fair Green , and terminated on a small patch of prepared ground alongside the pond at the beginning of Mitcham Common . |
| 10 | Lucy 's daughter , Lala Manners , has devised a ‘ track ’ for her classes over which the children climb , balance , roll on and over cushions and bounce on a small trampoline . |
| 11 | Then she got into her thick outdoor coat and pulled on a small brown felt hat , picked up her bag and a list of things she was going to buy and went downstairs , still without seeing her mother . |
| 12 | We were offered several locations at the Biennale and decided on a small space in the best location thirty-six square metres ( as opposed to fifty or ninety ) opposite Galerie Cailleux . |