Example sentences of "[vb past] at a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | During the mela a slight outbreak of cholera occurred at a small station called Manickpore on the Jubbulpore line . |
| 6 | The first major accident in an American nuclear reactor occurred at a small prototype military plant in Idaho in 1961 . |
| 7 | Something on the ground caught his eye and he bent down and looked at a small print in the soft earth . |
| 8 | That night the King and Wallis met at a small restaurant in Piccadilly . |
| 9 | I stood up and gazed at a small pile of my toys which had been thrown to one side of my cupboard . |
| 10 | They lunched at a small eating-house near the Brass Bridge , with the Luggage nestling under the table . |
| 11 | This gives one the chance to focus and shoot , taking care to keep the camera pointed at a small angle to the aquarium glass . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They sat at a small table by the window . |
| 14 | An MP sat at a small table beside it . |