Example sentences of "[vb past] at the small " in BNC.
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| 1 | He enjoyed the salmon trout he ate at the small inn there but was mighty scathing about the visitors ' book ( as well as about the notion that the lake might actually be beautiful ) : ‘ You will see only two kinds of exclamations in it : one about the beauty of the Lac de Gaube , the other about how good the trout are … which means that only fools or gluttons have picked up the pen to sign their names and their thoughts . ’ |
| 2 | As the party arrived at the small front door of the house , some puffing from the climb , Samuel held up his hand impressively . |
| 3 | It then crossed the Indian Ocean and rounded Australia and arrived at the small purpose-built port of Tokai northeast of Tokyo in early January . |
| 4 | Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill . |
| 5 | He stared at the small postcard in front of him . |
| 6 | Sharpe instinctively reined in his horse as he stared at the small cluster of buildings that marked the crossroads called Quatre Bras . |
| 7 | He looked at the small glass dials on the wooden dashboard . |
| 8 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 9 | She looked at the small key on the table , then dropped that into the envelope with the note . |
| 10 | He gave a small dry laugh of his own — all he could manage — and looked at the small black shoe . |
| 11 | He looked at the small piece of plastic . |
| 12 | Isabel looked at the small stone building in front of her , then glanced up and down the street . |
| 13 | He looked at the small yellow novel in his lap . |
| 14 | Emmie looked at the small , waxy face and felt that she did not know her grandmother any more . |
| 15 | He looked at the small , wooden stake leaning against the scaffold . |
| 16 | ‘ Eh , gracias , eh , señor , ’ I half spat at the small man as I turned my back on him and left . |
| 17 | Rory aimed at the small hole , pulled the trigger . |
| 18 | She gazed at the small , gaudily dressed figure ; the clown , the madman , the genius . |
| 19 | Cranston glared at the small statue in a niche , the Virgin and Child ; secretly , the coroner hated Christmas . |
| 20 | About a week later , the family sat at the small table eating dinner . |
| 21 | Morag stayed at the small , white house at different times of the year and she could never make up her mind which particular time she liked the best . |