Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 2 | Beggars ca n't be choosers though , he thought philosophically as he got up , removed the boiling kettle from the gas ring and emptied it into a small china teapot . |
| 3 | I think if you got maybe a twenty five year old who came to your school for a week and got you in a small group and talked about it , it would be great on a one to one basis . |
| 4 | Lucenzo ruthlessly hurried the shaken Meredith through a small door , to the sound of indulgent ribaldry , and drew her into a small salotto . |
| 5 | A legacy from a great-aunt had bought their house and provided her with a small income . |
| 6 | Here Ashley designed her tiles , painted and fired them in a small kiln . |
| 7 | She picked up her discarded clothes and threw them into a small bureau , scratched and marked by years of neglect . |
| 8 | She rose obediently and followed him into the small counselling-room across the corridor from the nurses ' station , relieved to remember that Deana Davenport had the day off today . |
| 9 | Alyssia blew some of the flyaway blonde strands away from her face and followed them to a small table at the back of the café , hoping that she would not have to endure half an hour of French conversation while she sat on the sidelines , wondering whether what they were discussing was really as animated and interesting as it appeared . |
| 10 | After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys . |
| 11 | He held her arm lightly just below the cobalt blue cape sleeve , and steered her through a small group of women who had chosen to prolong their discourse by the door . |
| 12 | Using the striped ribbon technique , make a small gift tag and lay it on the small red parcel with a white twisted ribbon to secure . |
| 13 | There were three soldiers for every nun ; they tied our hands and took us to a small room , two soldiers pushing each nun . |
| 14 | So I included lots of my old yoga positions in the routine and combined them with the small isometric movements for maximum impact on the muscles . |
| 15 | Seizing her wrist , he hauled her to her feet and dragged her through the small hall and into a side-room with a wide , specially designed window on the north wall . |
| 16 | He cleared the breakfast things and left him with the small addressed postcard that he had been provided with to write a message on for his mother . |
| 17 | Duncan took out his passport and handed it to the older man , who opened it to the relevant page and stamped it with a small stamper he had with him . |
| 18 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 19 | The gaoler opened it , took a cresset torch from the passageway and pushed it into a small crevice in the cell wall . |