Example sentences of "[adv prt] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hoisted up a plank to sit on and then let down a small rope . |
| 2 | The Cranny River tumbles down a small glen of its own , not counted among the famous Nine . |
| 3 | Once Malik had cut down a small tree , dragged it across the grass , and cut it up in the back garden , with the help of two large boys in the third year . |
| 4 | Managers are required to put down a small security deposit , but all equipment is provided by the company , which also pays staff wages and overhead expenses , together with a small additional honorarium ( currently 5 per cent of husband 's salary ) to the manager 's wife for looking after the domestic accommodation . |
| 5 | They wandered down a small incline where they stopped on a bridge and stared down into the browny green water . |
| 6 | His mind a careful blank , he reached to the shelf over it and took down a small plastic bag . |
| 7 | Other small inherent errors are : An increasing speed will cause an apparent nose-up attitude ie , the bar will move down a small amount . |
| 8 | He did say that by concentrating on types of labourers , and learning from the studies of life he admired so much in work by Gavarni , Daumier , Dore , De Groux , and Rops , he hoped one day to produce acceptable illustrations for the magazines and newspapers , and bring in a small income . |
| 9 | He had brought in a small bottle of liquid . |
| 10 | The next problem was to bring in a small phone box . |
| 11 | She strolled around the perimeter of the room as he poured the pale amber liquid , her fingers skimming over a small marble figure of a faun , then across a tiny enamelled box , and finally she paused before an oil-painting of a man . |
| 12 | The landing was bumpy and they skipped over a small iceberg at the end of the runway where it sloped down to meet the fiord . |
| 13 | She handed over a small metal cylinder . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been looking at your expense account , Brian , ’ says Vic , turning over a small pile of bills and receipts . |
| 15 | The prince had asked him to take over a small present ; Simon had stuck it in a pocket and thought no more about it , only when he saw Constanza he decided to deliver it in person . |
| 16 | Alternatively you could take a right turn from the lane leading to Ings ( 2 miles from the Garburn road ) , and cross over a small hill top called Orrest Head ( 1.25 miles ) . |
| 17 | They could also tip over a small boat — so these people are putting themselves in danger as well . ’ |
| 18 | The male assistant handed over a small sum of money and the robber escaped on foot towards Marton Road . |
| 19 | I put the branch two-handed over my right shoulder as I run up to them , jump over a small bush and then as I land at their side bring the branch swinging down . |
| 20 | When the track turns sharp left , go right , stepping over a small stream then up the hill to a metal gate . |
| 21 | Eventually they may take over a small group when the large parent troop undergoes fission as increasing size produces social instability . |
| 22 | He has a scheme to take over a small number of simple churches and adapt them as retreats . |
| 23 | If the acceleration of a system occurs over a small number of steps then the phase excitation timings can be generated by digital integrated circuits . |
| 24 | Down here there is a metre of snow on the windward side of the lavvu , and I fall over a small rucsac that had disappeared . |
| 25 | He rummaged in his bag and brought over a small package and dropped it into her hand . |
| 26 | This resulted in a substantial ozone change , with the column ozone reduced over a small area in mid-April to under 200DU , approaching the low values observed in recent years over Antarctica . |
| 27 | The gibbons are chased off by siamangs as they dominate through size , though they require a lot to eat over a small area ; the gibbons travel longer distances for small resources . |
| 28 | Get the bomb squad out any way , but erm , the British army has got a lot of important that 's they way we would fight the Russians , take over a small hamlet , mortify it and that 's how the only way we would ever up the Russian 's grass nest , they take it very seriously , so what they did if they tell us how to do it , walks us through , show us what to do , let us do it and then they 'd make us do it again , but without any mistakes and that , it was really good and they showed us how to er mortify up a house , go , going through all the sewers and stuff is quite fun |
| 29 | It was interested in taking over a small mine called Wheal Concord but pulled out because financial prospects were poor . |
| 30 | My attempts to look like a normal human being again were evidently not too successful — at one point in my journey , I came on a man crouching over a small brook from which he was trying to drink . |