Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] a small group " in BNC.
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| 1 | In August 1942 a violent clash occurred between a small group of armed Falangists and a crowd of Carlists attending a memorial mass for the latter 's war-dead . |
| 2 | His support came from a small group of household knights who were to be well rewarded for their work , but he was not indebted to any great noble for his position . |
| 3 | ‘ There is enormous support for the scheme in the town and when they considered the first application , the only resident input came from a small group of people who opposed it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | It consisted of a small group of people whose names were printed in a list pasted on the endpapers of the volumes . |
| 5 | Mnuchin declined to comment upon the size of the fund but told The Art Newspaper that it would be a substantial eight-figure sum ( more than $10 million ) raised from a small group of investors and that it would have a life of just four years . |
| 6 | A notably successful example of a glass shot ( see page 44 ) appears in the Powell/Pressburger version of Rumer Godden 's 1938 novel , Black Narcissus ( 1947 ) , which centred on a small group of nuns in the Indian Himalayas . |
| 7 | In the third case , one teacher took responsibility for the majority , while the other looked after a small group , or even an individual . |
| 8 | I once said to a small group of Reception children working in the play area : " I 've heard that this bracelet has some strange magic powers . |
| 9 | These are questions asked by a small group of paediatricians and parents , Awareness Education , as they travel far and wide , visiting schools and county halls throughout Australia and Aotearoa . |