Example sentences of "[conj] a small [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karen looked sullenly down at the crazy paving , where a small ant was wending its way homeward with part of a dead butterfly on its back . |
| 2 | She slipped her arm through her sister 's , and they went into the dining-room , where a small fire was burning . |
| 3 | After the struggles had continued for some minutes it became clear to his ambushers that Putt was not about to die and they dragged him away through the trees to a spot out of sight of the track , where a small fire was burning low . |
| 4 | Membership slumped to 126 , the lowest since the Club 's inception , although a small surplus was made on the year 's trading . |
| 5 | Nothing daunted , Hari moved to the side of the house and saw that a small window was open . |
| 6 | The approaches which have been here categorised as elite approaches do not suggest that a small clique were responsible for a decision taken at some unspecified point in the past that government should grow . |
| 7 | One of the possible explanations for the differences could be that a small subclone was not present initially in the sample of the first tumour and eventually grew up to form the recurrence , but as there were so many genetic changes present in the recurrence which were not initially there and the Lambda MS8 did not show allele loss , a balance of probabilities seemed that the latter tumour was not a progression from the first . |
| 8 | The packet had been ripped open and a small bite was missing from one corner . |
| 9 | It was the year before war broke out in 1939 and a small sum was paid for a quarter 's lessons , thirteen in all , I think , but I did miss one or two . |
| 10 | Subsequent ERCP showed abundant leakage of a hepatic radical and a small sphincterotomy was performed to facilitate bile flow into the duodenum ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 11 | At that time I had a small 8ft X 6ft ( 2.5m X 2m ) greenhouse in which I grew tomatoes and a small section was allocated to begonias . |
| 12 | The chair , a bed and a small table were the only pieces of furniture she had in her hut . |
| 13 | When she got back to the living-room the fire had been replenished , and a small table was set ready for them to eat . |
| 14 | There was some shuffling and the sound of people speaking , as if a small crowd was gathering , but all she could do was place her head against his shirt front and sob . |
| 15 | We had experienced great difficulty in procuring bearers and mules , since a small war was raging in valleys and hills . |
| 16 | Even when a small office was given almost as an act of charity , there would usually be a political motive in the background . |
| 17 | Just a small wind ; for a small wind was all that was needed to make the passage between the shore and the island of Birsay difficult for a large number of people . |