Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [prep] [art] small " in BNC.
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| 1 | For two summer holidays my parents took a Prep school outside Westerham and from here we bicycled over half of Kent with our Father or played on the small school fields or swam in the local swimming bath . |
| 2 | In this way he has lived in Nazi Germany or sat beside a small girl in Vietnam who gazes into the distance with a fixed stare and cries into the silence with a monotonous , elemental shriek . |
| 3 | There 's a mesh vent and cloth flap in the top at one end of the inner which can be opened or closed by a small zip . |
| 4 | a sort of kit that came with a small bone |
| 5 | She tightened her lips against the chuckle that began as a small sound deep in her throat , but her amusement would not be contained and soon she was laughing loudly and helplessly . |
| 6 | There were more boots on a rack that hung in a small platform built on the side of the perch-ring . |
| 7 | Their movement dislodged a stone beer jar that rolled into a small depression and began glug-glugging its contents into the soil . |
| 8 | Sourbutts — Edgar Sourbutts , the name had a kind of freak , Dickensian squalor that went with the small frowsty magazine , the small , frowsty office . |
| 9 | She stood like a dummy as her mother gave the last twitches to her wedding dress , trying to ignore the excitement that buzzed through the small house . |
| 10 | In the cold light that streamed through the small window across his face , she saw his half-open eyes , his tongue licking dry lips , and heard the quick harsh breathing . |
| 11 | As Chapter 2 demonstrates the structure that emerged in no small way explains the impressive record of productivity growth among private firms in Japan . |
| 12 | He rubbed his hands together in anticipation and pressed the play button on a video that stood on a small table . |
| 13 | ‘ Do n't bully me with your logic and your jargon , Tom ! ’ snapped Faye , reaching automatically for the brimming glass of sweet juice that stood on the small table beside her . |
| 14 | Bobbin-making was originally a coppice industry — one of those that depended on a small plantation of selected trees for commercial use — in this case birch . |
| 15 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Ackroyd enjoyed a quiet bachelor life and lived in a small house by the crossing . |
| 18 | Eileen remembers Selina as a bubbly girl who helped to scrub the floors of the tourist office , made her own clothes and lived in a small cottage . |
| 19 | before they actually suggest to somebody that they sell a house , that they sell a house and moved to a smaller one , they have to be unemployed for quite some time . |
| 20 | Donna got to her feet , still keeping low , and moved towards the small round window close to the front door in the hall . |
| 21 | Athelstan went over and knelt beneath the small , horn-glazed window , crossed himself and gently mouthed the words of David 's psalm . |
| 22 | He turned a corner and stopped in no small surprise . |
| 23 | She left the buffet and headed for the small John Menzies shop opposite . |
| 24 | The paralysis bubbled and oozed through the small hole . |
| 25 | Near Belturbet , we reached the Border once more , and drove into a small enclave . |
| 26 | They rounded a spur and came upon a small encampment — three or four rude tents , with matting walls and black roofs made from goats ' hair . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He arrived at a decision , threw the cigarette away , and turned towards a small depressing row of agricultural cottages . |
| 29 | ‘ Then I 'll get some , ’ she decided on the spot , and embarked on a small spending spree , ending up with a bottle of Becherovka , a bottle of plum brandy called Slivovitz and a presentation box of some sweet wafer biscuits called Oplatky which were traditional to the area . |
| 30 | She picked up her two large suitcases and walked through the small cool ticket office on to the station forecourt . |