Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] the small " in BNC.
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| 1 | It manifested itself in the small hours at such an advanced stage that no cure save amputation of the head could bring relief . |
| 2 | He raised it , threw it over the small postbox gate . |
| 3 | However , if Ross had been suffering from boredom , he managed to hide the fact very well when , only a few days later , he contacted her at the small London flat she was temporarily sharing with some friends from university , and invited her out to dinner . |
| 4 | She rose obediently and followed him into the small counselling-room across the corridor from the nurses ' station , relieved to remember that Deana Davenport had the day off today . |
| 5 | After the monitor had gathered up the papers and placed them on the small , square , wooden table that acted as the sister 's desk , the class sat quiet , waiting anxiously for the verdict , a tick or a large cross , the while automatically mumbling Hail Marys . |
| 6 | He pulled her down the small corridor that led to the steps to the attics . |
| 7 | When the introductions were complete , the Exec Director , the DDA , the DDI , Sorge and Nowak settled themselves round the small conference table . |
| 8 | Salt shook her shoulder and when that made no difference , dragged her to her feet and propelled her to the small book-lined room known as the study . |
| 9 | So I included lots of my old yoga positions in the routine and combined them with the small isometric movements for maximum impact on the muscles . |
| 10 | The opening encounter took them to the small island of St Vincent , where the pitch was some way from international standard . |
| 11 | Thrusting the heavy wooden doors of the lift open as they reached her floor , she precipitated herself into the small lobby from which the corridor to her room led , recoiling in dismay as a tall figure unwound itself from one of the two easy chairs beside a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 12 | Using the striped ribbon technique , make a small gift tag and lay it on the small red parcel with a white twisted ribbon to secure . |
| 13 | Jane saw it in the smallest things , all impossible in self-conscious Britain . |
| 14 | The Sergeant took us into the small canteen and told us quietly and forcefully that our holiday in Aubagne was over and that we were off to start four months of basic training designed to turn us into legionnaires . |
| 15 | Our nervous Iraqi guards kept us inside the small bungalow that was ‘ home ’ for the 12 of us . |
| 16 | These were brilliant fun and very relaxing , as the water carried you around the small island , without you having to do anything . |
| 17 | Roman caught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee . |
| 18 | He motioned her to the small round table she had n't seen being laid out and urged her to drink and eat . |
| 19 | Seizing her wrist , he hauled her to her feet and dragged her through the small hall and into a side-room with a wide , specially designed window on the north wall . |
| 20 | He cleared the breakfast things and left him with the small addressed postcard that he had been provided with to write a message on for his mother . |
| 21 | Me , I 've tucking had it with the small place . |