Example sentences of "in a small [noun] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Back in England , in the autumn , the saucepans came into their own , as Alix , in a small basement flat in Islington , struggled to learn the rudiments of domesticity .
2 Born in a small council house in Viewpark in 1944 , he rose through the ranks of local schools football and almost joined Manchester United as a teenager before Celtic stepped in .
3 Mrs Smith is a widow living in a small council flat in Bermondsey .
4 Loopy Lil 's cooked egg sat , still in its shell , in a small china cup with a spoon lying beside it .
5 Paul and Lynda Wilson of Middlesbrough want to open a pizzeria in a small shopping parade in New Marske .
6 He lived in considerable squalor and acrimony in a small Putney flat with his ‘ three bitches ’ : Queenie , his ageing Aunt Bunny , and his emotionally unstable sister , Nancy .
7 It started in a small spiritualist church in Swindon .
8 The power delegated by the USSR to the NKLP resides in a small elite leadership of Soviet-sponsored professional revolutionaries who rule the party 's relatively enormous , illiterate , mass membership with customary Communist discipline .
9 I grew up in a small mining village on the outskirts of Rotherham during the fifties and sixties .
10 Born in a small mining village near Glenrothes , he has climbed the ladder by learning his craft .
11 Similarly high U contents ( although with less Th ) have been found in a small zircon inclusion in a Zaire diamond .
12 Cecilia works in a small coffee factory in Ilopango which employs 118 women out of a total of 280 employees .
13 However , a practising midwife in a small colliery village during the 1930s believed that of 227 miscarriages amongst 122 women over a period of seven years , few were accidental .
14 This exceptionally well run hotel is situated in a small side road behind the Leidseplein and close to the Vondelpark , the stylish shopping street P.C. Hoofstraat and all the main attractions .
15 Snacks are available all day and a full home-cooked dinner is served in a small dining room from 6pm to 9pm — Lynne 's soups are a speciality .
16 He had a light lunch in a small sandwich bar off the street called Crutched Friars , where monks once hobbled with one leg bound behind them to cause pain for the greater glory of God , and he made up his mind what he would do .
17 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 .
18 I work in a small shire force with a special responsibility to preserve public order on Friday and Saturday nights .
19 Mark 's wishes could n't have been better fulfilled as she ended up in a small tourist camp in Kanha National Park .
20 Benjamin found the ambassador in a small writing office near the great hall .
21 Thus it was possible to investigate processes in a small drainage basin before , during and after the effects of building activity and urbanization ( Walling and Gregory , 1970 ) .
22 For larger boats a life jacket like this one is fine , particularly if you are going further offshore but it 's too clumsy to wear in a small sail boat like the Topper and so we prefer the buoyancy aid like this one .
23 You can keep them in a small plastic box until then .
24 Mix the gelatine in a small mixing bowl with 30ml ( 2tbsp ) of hot water .
25 Hartmut , a friend from Trinity College , Bristol , a gifted personal evangelist and now a curate , was ringing to see if we would go and work with him in a small commuter suburb of Upminster in Essex .
26 Palamut serves in a small farming community with a tiny harbour , a small quayside restaurant and excellent locally caught fish .
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