Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much later in the book I had a small scene in which one character is seen just about to tell the murderer , who was not conceivably present when the Maharajah perpetrated his joke , what had happened . |
| 2 | I had a small beach searchlight but was not allowed to switch it on at night . |
| 3 | Hunger , I find , is not a condition to relish , and there was me thinking I had a small appetite . |
| 4 | When I had a small printing business in Stornoway several of my employees were crofters . |
| 5 | ‘ I had a small camera , ’ he answered . |
| 6 | After 5 weeks I had a small nitrite reading and there was no trace of ammonia . |
| 7 | I had a small breather in which to feel pleased that there was this part of me that could take over , like an automatic pilot , and carry on as usual . |
| 8 | I mean , I wish I had a small place . |
| 9 | In my early years here , I had a small group of friends from home who were also studying or nursing . |
| 10 | Instead , she set to stubbornly work her way through in alphabetical order , so that before long she had a small pile of pink order slips in front of her . |
| 11 | A few seasons back she had a small show at the now defunct 49th Parallel gallery but this is the first time New Yorkers will get to see works by this figurative painter in any profusion . |
| 12 | She had a small legacy from Aunt Millie , but it was hidden away , waiting for when she married . |
| 13 | She had a small collection of recipes which had not been suitable for the Mediterranean book and these now became French Country Cooking , published in 1951 . |
| 14 | She had a small torch in her case , and spared the extra minute to find it and thrust it into her pocket . |
| 15 | She had a small group of friends , usually women , though one was the poet Rainer Maria Rilke . |
| 16 | She had a small mouth and large eyes , darkly outlined with kohl . |
| 17 | And we had a small bonfire in a way of small twigs and all that . |
| 18 | We had a small country . |
| 19 | We had a small firework party in the garden of Hastings House , mostly for the children . |
| 20 | After lessons we had a small cup of coffee and half a piece of brown bread , then half an hour 's play , then homework . |
| 21 | ‘ We had a small group saying they wanted to move it back , but there was an overwhelming vote to keep it as it is , ’ said Carmel Hall , secretary of the organising committee . |
| 22 | ‘ So they had a small secret do with just close friends , then went back four weeks later for the proper wedding . |
| 23 | They did in fact get a horse erm and er they had a small carriage , er and er a horse made the odd er visit up the line , from time to time . |
| 24 | I went to Grenoble and discovered they had a small project on the outskirts , which had been a piece of wasteland ; they ploughed it all down , replanned it , had a complete new housing estate , hotel , the lot , in less than five years , where the City Council would be thinking about which bit of land to use , what to put there , how to do it , and ten years later they might think about producing a plan , and ten years after that ( that 's twenty years on ) something would appear . |
| 25 | ‘ They had a small office suite in la Défense . ’ |
| 26 | It had a small belvedere and a vertical sundial under its pediment . |
| 27 | He wore a pale fawn suit , a white gardenia in his button-hole , an old-fashioned white panama hat with a black band , and he had a small goatee beard . |
| 28 | He had a small touring company which had just suffered a couple of deaths in a carriage accident , and he was looking for two versatile and experienced ( yes ! ) players . |
| 29 | He had a small gold cross about his neck and a quietly menacing air : ‘ I 've come to see the twins , ’ he said . |
| 30 | He had a small drink from a bowl and started to wander away from the camp . |