Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] small [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twilight had crept out of hiding and was stealthily wrapping the dying day in lavender shrouds , before they stopped at a small trattoria alongside one of the quieter canals . |
| 2 | He stared at the small postcard in front of him . |
| 3 | Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill . |
| 4 | Sharpe instinctively reined in his horse as he stared at the small cluster of buildings that marked the crossroads called Quatre Bras . |
| 5 | Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth . |
| 6 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 7 | She looked at the small key on the table , then dropped that into the envelope with the note . |
| 8 | He looked at the small piece of plastic . |
| 9 | That night the King and Wallis met at a small restaurant in Piccadilly . |
| 10 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
| 11 | They lunched at a small eating-house near the Brass Bridge , with the Luggage nestling under the table . |
| 12 | Cranston glared at the small statue in a niche , the Virgin and Child ; secretly , the coroner hated Christmas . |
| 13 | This gives one the chance to focus and shoot , taking care to keep the camera pointed at a small angle to the aquarium glass . |
| 14 | Sharpe pointed at the smaller road on which he and Doggett travelled . |
| 15 | An MP sat at a small table beside it . |
| 16 | They sat at a small table by the window . |