Example sentences of "[vb past] at [art] small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She peered at the smaller typewriter 's message : |
| 2 | ‘ Pardon ? ’ as he peered at the smaller hump . |
| 3 | They stopped at a small bar where everybody spoke Irish , which made Jessica feel very odd , as if she had wandered to a very foreign country , then drove out along the switchback road laid on the bog , through soil so thin and bitter that the white stone bones of Ireland protruded everywhere , mocking the tiny ancient farmsteads where generations had failed even to subsist . |
| 4 | Six hours into the journey , and several thousand feet higher , we stopped at a small village to quench our thirst and refuel the jeep from rusty milk-cans . |
| 5 | On her way , out of shame that she would mess up the arrangements , she stopped at a small shop and got some fresh rolls and ham , some butter and some tins of Smithwicks bitter . |
| 6 | Twilight had crept out of hiding and was stealthily wrapping the dying day in lavender shrouds , before they stopped at a small trattoria alongside one of the quieter canals . |
| 7 | During the mela a slight outbreak of cholera occurred at a small station called Manickpore on the Jubbulpore line . |
| 8 | The first major accident in an American nuclear reactor occurred at a small prototype military plant in Idaho in 1961 . |
| 9 | He enjoyed the salmon trout he ate at the small inn there but was mighty scathing about the visitors ' book ( as well as about the notion that the lake might actually be beautiful ) : ‘ You will see only two kinds of exclamations in it : one about the beauty of the Lac de Gaube , the other about how good the trout are … which means that only fools or gluttons have picked up the pen to sign their names and their thoughts . ’ |
| 10 | He stared at the small postcard in front of him . |
| 11 | Albert Popple stared at the small creature for a few minutes and marvelled at its capacity to kill . |
| 12 | Sharpe instinctively reined in his horse as he stared at the small cluster of buildings that marked the crossroads called Quatre Bras . |
| 13 | Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth . |
| 14 | Isabel looked at the small stone building in front of her , then glanced up and down the street . |
| 15 | He looked at the small glass dials on the wooden dashboard . |
| 16 | And she took the child by the hand and walked her to the settle , and when they were seated she looked at the small figure by her side , at the hair , like a golden halo round the oval face , and the limpid grey eyes gazing so trustfully at her . |
| 17 | She looked at the small key on the table , then dropped that into the envelope with the note . |
| 18 | He looked at the small piece of plastic . |
| 19 | ‘ Eh , gracias , eh , señor , ’ I half spat at the small man as I turned my back on him and left . |
| 20 | Rory aimed at the small hole , pulled the trigger . |
| 21 | That night the King and Wallis met at a small restaurant in Piccadilly . |
| 22 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
| 23 | They lunched at a small eating-house near the Brass Bridge , with the Luggage nestling under the table . |
| 24 | Cranston glared at the small statue in a niche , the Virgin and Child ; secretly , the coroner hated Christmas . |
| 25 | This gives one the chance to focus and shoot , taking care to keep the camera pointed at a small angle to the aquarium glass . |
| 26 | Sharpe pointed at the smaller road on which he and Doggett travelled . |
| 27 | I followed the Sergeant out to the office ; we both sat at a small table , and after a very enjoyable supper of cheese rolls we played the chanters until 1 a.m. , pausing from time to time to drink a mug of tea . |
| 28 | They sat at a small table by the window . |
| 29 | An MP sat at a small table beside it . |
| 30 | About a week later , the family sat at the small table eating dinner . |