Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [prep] a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | I once said to a small group of Reception children working in the play area : " I 've heard that this bracelet has some strange magic powers . |
| 2 | died as , whatever and they went to his eldest brother he said he had to burn all because he only lived in a small flat , he and his wife and two children and they 'd got no room for them to so he had to burn them . |
| 3 | As for Eliot himself , he seemed to make himself absolutely at home , as he usually did in a small gathering , and he swung his leg over the arm of the comfortable chair , where it reposed throughout the visit . |
| 4 | He then retired to a small property near Ryde on the Isle of Wight , where he spent his later years carrying out improvements to the grounds and where he died 14 February 1853 . |
| 5 | He sometimes smuggled in a small set of balance scales in order to be able to weigh the prisoners , rations when he discovered how much the system was open to abuse ; he was also quite capable of openly exploiting the rules , if needed . |