Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , a study of documents , which included registers , brochures and forms of communication to parents , was undertaken and a small number of special classes for truants observed . |
| 2 | It was reported that a small altar dominated his room , decorated with the withered heads of animals forensics could not identify , its centre-piece an idol of such explicitly sexual a nature no newspaper dared publish a sketch of it , let alone a photograph . |
| 3 | He was searched and a small bag of the drug was found . |
| 4 | It was hoped that a small part of those works could stay in operation , renovating locomotives and rolling stock and that eventually a heritage museum could be set up on the site . |
| 5 | The face was weatherbeaten and a small cigarette hung in the corner of the mouth . |