Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He unlocked the small side door and stepped into the darkness . |
| 2 | ‘ Is he taller than you ? ’ she demanded the next morning as they awkwardly shared the small mirror intended to discourage the girls from vanity . |
| 3 | He consulted the small book again . |
| 4 | Then he made the small finger-gesture , as among professionals , for ‘ switching clients ’ . |
| 5 | Other buttresses to Bismarck 's system were an alliance between Austria-Hungary and Serbia , which virtually made the smaller country a Habsburg satellite during the reign of King Milan , and the accession of Rumania to the Triple Alliance , which guaranteed that country against Russian attack . |
| 6 | So far as the development of my interests in China was concerned , I continued frequent visits with Joe Jack , the cobbler , and found myself more frequently patronising the Canton Cafe to talk with another Chinese friend , George Wong , whose father owned the small restaurant . |
| 7 | Corbett unrolled the small sheet of vellum and quickly scanned the contents . |
| 8 | And all the product details were there , I mean you know that all the product details would be in front of you , but whether you actually read the small print , it 's , is , is , is the er is the issue really . |
| 9 | If you take that home and read the small print , you 'll find you 're probably not covered for the very things that are going to go wrong . |
| 10 | There was a lipless mouth , their were deep eye sockets from which gleamed the small evil , old eyes of the necromancer . |
| 11 | Swiftly and with the minimum of noise , they laid the small table with heavy silver tableware and spread out the various dishes . |
| 12 | ‘ How is maman ? ’ the prince asked — and Joan registered the small catch in his voice . |
| 13 | ‘ Was she pretty ? ’ asked the smaller girl . |
| 14 | ‘ What colour were the pigs ? ’ asked the smaller girl . |
| 15 | She scanned the small platform for those two familiar figures , but they were not there . |
| 16 | Kirov scanned the small darkroom from floor to ceiling . |
| 17 | Patients with cervical lesions produced the smallest rise ( mean ( SD ) 3 ( 1 ) cmH 2 O ) compared with upper ( T1-T5 ) and lower thoracic ( T6-T12 ) injuries ( 22 ( 5 ) cmH 2 O and 54 ( 13 ) cmH 2 O respectively ; p<0.01 ) . |
| 18 | Tweed checked the small notebook he rested on his knee . |
| 19 | Films were made which attacked the small screen . |
| 20 | He interrupted the small talk . |
| 21 | On a clear spring day in May 1936 he visited Little Gidding , once the home of Nicholas Ferrar , and entered the small chapel there . |
| 22 | I found the Rue des Moines and entered the small apothecary 's shop , but I was disappointed . |
| 23 | Fred 's smile was brief as he entered the small sitting-room above the street on that February evening , and he turned and entered the back room where the baby lay in her cot . |
| 24 | The government described the small war which broke out a year later ( 2–14 July 1977 ) as an unprovoked Egyptian attack . |
| 25 | When the group got closer , they broke into a gallop and charged the small party . |
| 26 | Later he became a director of the club and built the small chapel behind the groundsman 's hut where visiting supporters could find ‘ quiet contemplation and a cup of Bovril ( 58p ) ’ . |
| 27 | Two riders approached the small cottage of Mrs Barnes , the local midwife . |
| 28 | Civilisation soon came back into evidence again as we approached the small collection of buildings of North Eggardon Farm . |
| 29 | Its companions emerged and approached the small fire , but stayed warily at a distance , more afraid of the flame than of the humans who had kindled it , Tallis decided . |
| 30 | He walked along the Harrow Road until he found the small turning he wanted . |