Example sentences of "stood [prep] [art] small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr and Mrs Smith , the benign proprietors , were always good to me , giving me a lolly or a ‘ black jack ’ every time I shopped there , and I was looking forward to the treat as I stood behind a small queue masking the counter . |
| 2 | Originally it stood in a small church in Via San Pietrò which has long since disappeared , and was christened the ‘ Man of Stone ’ when it was repositioned . |
| 3 | They stood in a small circle and looked up at him , Dr. Howarth , Clifford Bradley , Miss Foley , Mrs. Bidwell . |
| 4 | Quiss came back to the table by way of another small , though taller , table over on the far side of the room , where a few dirty cups and cracked glasses stood in a small tin basin under a dripping tap . |
| 5 | She returned to the present , replaced the cleaned pail , the soap , the brush and the swab beside the pump in the lean-to outhouse at the back — it stood in a small soot-encrusted yard where a few fearless London sparrows frequently gathered — and returned to the house to clean the surgery . |
| 6 | She stood in the small sitting-room and ran her finger along the top of a sideboard , drawing a line in the dust that had accumulated . |
| 7 | He inserted the key almost furtively and stood in the small vestibule and smelt the place — floor polish mixed with the bitter scent of chrysanthemums in a blue bowl . |
| 8 | There is also an element of nostalgia , too , amongst the original secondary modern teachers , in the sense that , ‘ the staff knew where they stood within a small school ’ , with ‘ a more traditional authority pattern ’ . |
| 9 | The wireless stood on a small table below the pulpit . |
| 10 | He rubbed his hands together in anticipation and pressed the play button on a video that stood on a small table . |
| 11 | The flat figure stood on a small base as if ready to be moved round a board like a chessman . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't bully me with your logic and your jargon , Tom ! ’ snapped Faye , reaching automatically for the brimming glass of sweet juice that stood on the small table beside her . |