Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [art] small [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Hussein no longer seems passionately interested in liberating Palestine , or in destabilising or over-running the small Arab sheikhdoms of the Gulf . |
| 2 | Bishop , never one to duck a challenge , agreed to cooperate in a South African-led venture which enables anybody with the cash to buy or hire a small walkman-like receiver to tune into the ref during the match . |
| 3 | It was part of the folklore among their friends , part of the legend which was growing up around-Kevin Ryan , the man who 'd married old Heraghty 's daughter and made a small furniture-manufacturing business into a multi-million-dollar corporation with branches right across the States . |
| 4 | Maggie heard him and made a small rueful face . |
| 5 | Crossing over to the sink he bent down , lifted up two floorboards and produced a small wooden barrel , exclaiming , ‘ Now , Piper , you must try this , it 's almost as good as your best Highland whisky . ’ |
| 6 | Noakes went into his little cubby-hole and produced a small brown-paper parcel . |
| 7 | Thee are two genera present in the North Atlantic abyssal : Asteroschema Orsted & Lütken , 1856 , which is densely covered with granules and has a small ill-defined disk , and Ophiocreas Lyman , 1879 , which is covered mainly by skin although the disk has a light covering of small granules and the disk is slightly larger and more distinct . |
| 8 | The place itself was clear enough in her mind , there had been no surprises when she walked up the path and entered the small high room . |
| 9 | The west end of the south aisle is separated off , opening by a small pointed door to the west of the aisle , and contains a small single window , trefoiled , with iron bars . |
| 10 | The first was William Purser who over twenty-five years had built up the Delta mission , originated work for the blind , organised teacher-training and supervised the small theological school of the diocese . |
| 11 | With these proceeds he was able to return home to Polperro and purchase a small coasting schooner . |
| 12 | Deploying forces in America in this way was more ambitious than anything the monarchy had done , and the Republic 's success in winning the obedience of the colonies and forcing the small royalist fleet to give up its privateering activities showed how much more effective England 's power had become . |
| 13 | ‘ This is it , ’ breathed Juliet , as she left the car and opened the small white gate . |
| 14 | Then he left them and joined a small local firm of advisers , contacted me again and recommended another insurance company — Scottish Amicable . |
| 15 | Another kind developed in which the elaborated worm did not attach itself to the sea floor but continued to crawl about and secreted a small conical tent of shell under which it could huddle when in danger . |
| 16 | Now , his hands stroked her neck , fell to her breast and followed the small tight curve there . |
| 17 | We bowed and kissed the small white hand . |
| 18 | ‘ By the way , Mr Beckenham , I have something for you , ’ he said when he had done , opening a drawer and locating a small visiting card . |
| 19 | The man leans forward , grasps the paper as if to take a closer look at it , and removes the small white packet of cocaine from behind my thumb . |
| 20 | He went out and started the small blue Ford , backed it out of the shed and left the engine running . |
| 21 | Flowering plants should provide the backbone of summer bedding , but use foliage for contrast , and try a small foliage-only display at least once ! |
| 22 | Cranston poured himself a generous goblet of wine and seized a small white loaf the cook had left to cool on the kitchen table . |
| 23 | Curtis felt a searing pain lance across the right side of his neck , and saw a small starred hole appear in the glass in front of him . |
| 24 | It can be traced back to the creation of a committee of New Socialists in 1989 , which held a Congress in 1990 and formed a small Socialist Party of the USSR . |
| 25 | The moment when he knew his mother finally acknowledged that she needed him , was then , when she lowered her eyes , and gave a small resigned sigh of agreement . |
| 26 | Noisily opening the door in front of her and carrying a small portable cage from which Creggan instinctively flinched in fear . |
| 27 | To the background of chugging washing-machines , Dustin discovered that Anne had been with the ballet company for three years , had married and divorced financier Winfried Schlote , and had a small three-month-old daughter , Karina . |
| 28 | My room , like the front , was lit by a gas jet and had a small cast-iron fireplace , though fires were only lit when someone was seriously ill . |
| 29 | ‘ When told that man is being created in his image , he bends knees , turns feet out , and utters a small trisyllabic croak from the bottom of larynx . ’ |
| 30 | He did not see the young lady but found a small sculptured image of Our Lady . |