Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It branched off opposite a small village , a satellite of Reggane , almost where I had begun walking . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | An external 2-pole 5-way switch will then be needed and the circuit shown in Fig. 13 built up on a small board . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage of unauthorised absentees as the diagram shows . |
| 8 | We came down in a small clearing and ended up in the trees . |
| 9 | Tom unhitched it and Willie darted through into a small lane . |
| 10 | Finally she came up with a small hand mirror and inspected herself in it . |
| 11 | He scrabbled in the bottom of the box and came up with a small piece of carved and polished wood . |
| 12 | Farrar came back with a small boxful of heroin . |
| 13 | Wine spilled out in a small pool , red and dark , like a bloodstain creeping out over the burnished timber . |
| 14 | She was close to her home in Iona street when the man threatened her with a handgun , and then made off with a small sum of money . |
| 15 | She staggered over to the freezer , climbed on to a small stool by its side , unwrapped the packages to reveal frozen packs of my beefburgers , and placed them in the freezer , leaning over it until she was almost inside . |
| 16 | When he turned off at a small junction taking a no-through road , she stopped and watched him out of sight . |
| 17 | The horses were standing where the path opened out into a small glade . |
| 18 | At the eastern end of the Ludwigstrasse the street opened out into a small square below the towering walls of the Herzogschloss , a massive fortification dating from the fifteenth century and set back only a few yards from the Danube . |
| 19 | A quarter of a mile further on the lane widened out into a small clearing in the trees . |
| 20 | Coalitions are temporary structures made up of a small group of individuals ( usually two ) sharing a common goal . |
| 21 | A panel made up of a small group of SCOTVEC 's senior committee members was brought together to sift through the many college 's nominees . |
| 22 | During the course of the civil war , the Long Parliament removed from the church all the innovations introduced by Charles and Laud during the 1630s , abolished episcopacy and the Elizabethan Prayer Book , and entrusted the task of devising a new church to the Westminster Assembly of Divines , a committee made up of a small number of MPs and peers , several representatives of parliament 's allies the Scots , and over 100 English churchmen . |
| 23 | Newman walked over to a small wall cupboard . |
| 24 | He walked over to a small table at one side of the room , and started to fiddle with what Folly guessed must be an answering machine . |
| 25 | Both eyes opened and her breath rushed out in a small burst of relief as she rolled over on to her back — and her heart slammed to a stop . |
| 26 | The stables are a hive of activity as the session 's mounts are groomed and tacked up , and then led out into a small ménage , in a cobbled yard at the rear of the stables . |
| 27 | She curled up into a small ball , too tired to stay awake , but too scared to go to sleep in case she started to dream again . |
| 28 | While you , Dorothy my dear , started out as a small tub , straight into deep choppy waters , with quite a few holes in the bottom , no rudder , no sails . |
| 29 | She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me . |
| 30 | I grew up in a small mining village on the outskirts of Rotherham during the fifties and sixties . |