Example sentences of "[verb] a small [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | When that disk is in a drive the drive head to read the disk which causes a small fire inside disk drive ha ha ha ha , let the fuckhead try and fix that . |
| 2 | The largest of the groups , the Lombard League , which had won a small percentage in the 1989 European Parliament elections as the Lombardy Regional Party [ see p. 36876 ] , took 19 per cent of the vote in Lombardy and became the second largest party in the region , while separate local leagues in Veneto and Piedmont won between 5 and 7 per cent of the vote each . |
| 3 | They contributed a small sum every week to buy the plants , build the pond and buy a lawn mower and two church benches , and they made their collective garden themselves . |
| 4 | Despite chest trouble and the serious illness of his mother , he was , as the letter provided a small piece of evidence , much happier about his own work . |
| 5 | It is always advisable to try a small area first with the finish that is to be used , or damp a small area with water , as this will give some indication of the change in shade that will occur . |
| 6 | She encouraged him to try a small amount of soft food and to take nourishing foods such as soups . |
| 7 | The time to change to a smaller hook is when a lack of bites suggests you ought to try a smaller bait . |
| 8 | In 1920 the Imperial Bureau of Mycology was established at Kew under the directorship of Butler , who , after assembling a small staff and laying plans for the abstracting journal , the Review of Applied Mycology , visited plant pathologists in the United States , and subsequently Commonwealth countries , to obtain support for the Bureau , which flourished . |
| 9 | A mother ship accompanies a small fleet of yachts ; sociable , good for the less experienced . |
| 10 | I see from today 's papers that DOL will only need a small operation to remove a blood clout on his achellies . |
| 11 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 12 | Will this also drive the protein skimmer , or do I also need a small powerhead ( Rena C20 ) as in the instructions ? |
| 13 | I perhaps have worked out , I need a clerical assistant and so forth , I might need a small van to actually take my widget on a Friday , to Widget , or Big Widget factory , or whatever it is I do with these widgets . |
| 14 | do we need a small towel actually in the overnight bag ? |
| 15 | At the top of the hill the bridle-path entered a small copse . |
| 16 | Finally , on turning a corner , they entered a small area in which a large slab of stone stood beside a table covered in smaller fragments . |
| 17 | It is becoming a smaller version of Ogilvy & Mather . |
| 18 | The 99,500-strong constituency embraces six villages , including Yarm , Eaglescliffe and Thornaby , which have a strong sense of their own identity , and also covers a small area of Middlesbrough . |
| 19 | Charles was glad to settle by Harold 's log fire , and to accept a small whisky and water . |
| 20 | This must be not only encouraging but also perturbing as we are only able to accept a small number for tuition . |
| 21 | LABOUR leader Coun John Williams says ( HAS March 30 ) Darlington council is prepared to accept a small loss of under-used parking space at Russell Street to secure ‘ employment opportunities . ’ |
| 22 | LORD HANWORTH M.R. [ after stating the facts and accepting the principle that a creditor is not bound by an agreement to accept a smaller sum in satisfaction of a larger ascertained amount , unless there be a benefit or even any legal possibility of benefit to the creditor thrown in ] : We have , therefore , to consider whether the agreement that was made here on July 6 was an agreement to do anything else than simply to pay on Friday , July 8 , into the hand of the creditors the sum which was already ascertained and in respect of which there was not only the legal liability , but a duty enforceable by any mode of execution against the debtor . |
| 23 | The logical consequence , no doubt , is that a promise to accept a smaller sum in discharge of a larger sum , if acted upon , is binding notwithstanding the absence of consideration : and if the fusion of law and equity leads to this result , so much the better . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , tint a small amount of the reserved fondant yellow for the door . |
| 25 | A nut and bolt fixed the handle shafts to the top section : the blade spanner incorporates a small spanner for the nut , so only a screwdriver was needed here . |
| 26 | I drew a small diagram of the interlocking male and female principles in their embracing circle . |
| 27 | After consultation with the ward staff of the hospital where he was , and with the speech therapist , I drew a small house , his , and a large building , an old peoples ' home , and asked him to point to where he wanted to go . |
| 28 | As Kevin Brown and his agent slithered off the rim of the high ground and into the woodland , he drew a small radio from his pocket and spoke quietly and urgently for several seconds . |
| 29 | Crowfield is half-way up the south-eastern edge of Wattisham 's north-easterly ‘ panhandle ’ , so I drew a small circle at the appropriate point and joined it and Gransden with a straight line . |
| 30 | When he had made his mark , she drew a small packet of fragrant sweets called cachous from her cuff and gave him one . |