Example sentences of "[verb] with a small [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Three or four months ago I was appearing with a small company in Regensburg .
2 Place the remaining royal icing in the piping bag and fit with a small star nozzle .
3 He trained with a small firm in Cardiff .
4 He trained with a small firm in Mansfield .
5 erm I remember that a friend of mine was involved in the work of the Plowden Committee which , as you know , Brian , was dealing with erm teaching in primary schools , and erm was asked by the Ford Foundation to work with a small team in America spreading the ideas discussed in the Plowden Report in the States .
6 Each model was presented with a small crest , then with accentuated crest , then with small crest again on about 10d each ; roughly equal numbers of responses were scored in each phase .
7 As we left we were all presented with a small package , wrapped in gold paper which sported the Supersight emblem .
8 Spain would have been cowed without Wellington 's field force : Wellington could not have operated with a small army without the diversionary effects of Spanish resistance .
9 It can now be applied with a small paintbrush .
10 In these early aquatints by Green the skies are produced by various bitings and stopping-out of the aquatint , the varnish has been applied with a small brush .
11 Of course , Julius is very Taurean , ’ she added with a small sigh , ‘ but if you 're clever enough — and love him enough — you should be able to handle him . ’
12 The advantage of presenting the play in this way is that it can be done with a small cast in modern dress with simple rehearsal props and furniture and limited sound and lighting .
13 Repairing cut-out lath-and-plaster is more difficult , but is generally best done with a small piece of plasterboard .
14 ‘ Do n't worry , boy , ’ he says with a small grin , ‘ we 'll fix it in a jiff . ’
15 This quasar was already known to lie within a galaxy , and improved observations have shown that the ‘ host ’ galaxy itself is interacting with a small companion galaxy .
16 a sort of kit that came with a small bone
17 ‘ It 's fun to show others what you can do with a small garden . ’
18 And so in the blazing heat of the next day Martha was supplied with a small replica of the new green , black and gold Jamaican flag and hoisted on to her stepfather 's shoulders at the gates of what had just ceased to be the colonial governor 's mansion , to see a small erect figure in the back of a Rolls-Royce drive slowly away .
19 Early March : ( or when water temperature stays consistently around 44–45°s ; F ) : Begin with a small feed of sinking wheatgerm pellets .
20 RAF Wyton has created an interim unit — CAST ( Canberra Standards and Training ) Flight to continue essential standardisation and training tasks , the Unit being equipped with a small number of aircraft and QFIs .
21 While the strip cartoons are produced with a small team , the latest multi-million dollar animated feature film has occupied an international team of as many as 300 artists and technicians for two years .
22 Just another unanswered question , she acknowledged with a small sigh , as she re-wrapped it .
23 From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores .
24 The polar and cartesian responses of the detector were measured with a small source of technetium-99m ( 9 9 m Tc ) .
25 That is why each radiator is fitted with a ‘ bleed ’ valve which can be opened with a small key — an essential tool in every house with central heating radiators .
26 ‘ I wish he 'd come home , ’ Cissie replied with a small sigh .
27 I did not really know what to expect away from the National Health Service and my mum , and so , armed with a small library of books and the good wishes of a Jamaican midwife at Homerton hospital , I just hoped for the best .
28 As far as hardware is concerned , this is obviously the most complex of the Systems described , but the circuits can be realised with a small number of standard integrated circuit packages and purpose.built stepping motor control packages are now widely available ( Sigma instruments , 1980 ; Klingman , 1980 ) .
29 ‘ No , ’ Ellie agreed with a small smile .
30 To that , also , the King had given a great part of his attention , but when , late in the spring , word came of the sighting of ships from Normandy in the Clyde , he left his wife and household at Perth , where they had stayed a full week , and rode with a small retinue westwards to meet them .
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