Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] small " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR — Your agricultural correspondent 's report on the goats of Snowdonia and their origins ( April 2 ) is less exciting than the folklore related to me as a small boy by a Welsh shepherd . |
| 2 | Every time some new one comes out on the market he always calls up the maker and tells them about the small pools win he 's just had . ’ |
| 3 | Instead of blaming them for a small error , I praise them for being 99 percent perfect . |
| 4 | If they are purchased through a large department store , the shop will send an expert to fix them for a small extra charge . |
| 5 | We followed a stream up Salubrious Passage before squeezing ourselves through a small twisting passage to bring us back above ground . |
| 6 | If you want to impress your friends , you can nonchalantly steer them towards the small plaque on the side of the bonnet . |
| 7 | She reminds me of a small animal at bay . |
| 8 | The present generation of British and American literary Marxists remind me of the small boy in Joyce 's story , ‘ Araby ’ , who got to the bazaar just as it was closing . |
| 9 | It has been a particular source of worry that sales of the magazine have been so low ; in fact on the current issue we made a considerable loss which as a small Society is very difficult to cover . |
| 10 | But it was impossible to tell now who had been speaking or even to be sure at which of the small crowded tables the speaker sat . |
| 11 | We believe there 's a perfectly adequate and scenic footpath which with a small amount of adaptation could do the job perfectly well |
| 12 | It always seemed miraculous that the Maggot could fit himself into a small aircraft , for John Maggovertski was a huge man : six foot five and well over two hundred pounds , and none of those pounds was fat . |
| 13 | She seemed to be pushing her enormous frame closer to his , as he tried to extricate himself from the small stuffy room which had begun to give him claustrophobia . |
| 14 | Mungo found himself in a small , wild garden with a rickety greenhouse whose roof was as green as pond-slime . |
| 15 | Being expensive to maintain and run , they have been sold off and the incumbent now often finds himself in a small modern house , undoubtedly warmer and more convenient , but usually without character and , tellingly , without social status . |
| 16 | Auguste caught a brief glimpse of himself in the small mirror he had unobtrusively arranged in order that he might keep an eye on events taking place behind his back ; the surreptitious addition of Mrs Marshall 's abominable Coralline pepper , for example , to an imperfect sauce . |
| 17 | It indicates that he is not content to confine himself to the small island of his own tradition and culture and consequently not recognize the significance of the spiritual insights of other religious traditions . |
| 18 | The shock wave was delayed by only a few more seconds , and then it rolled over them like a small hurricane . |
| 19 | Uncle Vernon , goaded by the presence of the traveller with the skin grafts , had ruined the festive meal with recollections of his march across France and an encounter in a partially demolished farmhouse outside Lille with a white-haired woman of thirty who as a small child had suffered atrocities in the First World War . |
| 20 | Even if you are working or have been away from the University for more than two years you can still have Current Vacancies mailed to you for a small charge . |
| 21 | At the other end of the scale , none of the small libraries indicated that over a quarter of any individual 's time was devoted to training , although there was an overlap between small and medium sized libraries in other categories . |
| 22 | As none of the small libraries with establishments under 100 were in this group , this represents 43% of the libraries with establishments over 100 . |
| 23 | None of the small debtors whom the Society freed from prison ever considered saving themselves , even though temporarily , from the hounding of their creditors by borrowing . |
| 24 | Glancing around at the rest , she could see that none of the small hovels was secured against intruders . |
| 25 | Although we could not confirm this finding statistically , none of the small number of our patients aged less than 50 ( n=18 ) who was treated with ursodeoxycholic acid , developed recurrence . |
| 26 | Rosa 's insides turned over , all her carefully fostered haughtiness resolved itself into a small sweat on her upper lip and a moistness in her palms . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll let you into a small secret , ’ he said . |
| 28 | I think if you got maybe a twenty five year old who came to your school for a week and got you in a small group and talked about it , it would be great on a one to one basis . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , Robyn , ’ he smiled , ‘ as much as I would like to stay here , chatting with you until the small hours , I 'm afraid I must be off . |
| 30 | The programmes on the computers , also accessible to visitors to Pompeii itself in the small museum at Boscoreale , are the culmination of what is known as the Neapolis project . |