Example sentences of "kept a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ladies in the billiard room kept a small fire of smashed furniture smouldering by the window and occasionally burned camphor in an attempt to palliate this tormenting odour . |
| 2 | Alex was an older colleague , a chest specialist , who kept a small pied-à-terre at the top of the house in Harley Street where Brian had his consulting rooms . |
| 3 | My grandfather , who kept a small number of sheep in the West Riding , used to talk about strains breeding themselves out . |
| 4 | She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen , but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted . |
| 5 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 6 | My father kept a small flat in London and commuted for the week . |