Example sentences of "[adv] a [det] small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For quite long stretches of the meal these glances , with perhaps a few small frowns and smiles , are all we need to sustain communication . |
| 2 | ‘ ONLY A few small seas and rather larger mountain ranges stand in the way of the completion of a Euro-megalopolis which spreads from Glasgow to Milan ’ , according to Terence Bendixson , a transport researcher . |
| 3 | Outside it is severe , with only a few small windows and most of those grilled . |
| 4 | Of the rest of the text only a few small fragments survive . |
| 5 | There were only a few small cars . |
| 6 | Sadly , mass closures and redundancies have become commonplace , it 's no longer hitting the headlines , just a few small columns in the paper , so I ask you delegates , go back to your branches , raise the issue not just about coal but about all unemployment , chase up the media , write to your M P , especially the Tories , support the rallies and maybe a petition from this conference could be organized , but I say raise hell , give them no peace , one job loss is one too many and we ai n't gon na accept redundancy in any of our sections without a bloody good fight . |
| 7 | There were still a few small debts , persistent agents , forlorn hopes , who pestered Rab , who — on wise advice , another cheat — would only pay the house insurance . |
| 8 | I 've spoken to quite a few small businessmen who have been affected in the same way . |