Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] a small [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She walked over to the pond and bent to pick up a small pebble , skimming it across the glittering water , watching the way it bounced , then sank , leaving behind it only ripples . |
| 2 | SCOTVEC therefore welcomed the decision of SED to set up a small committee to look at the module/short course issues , particularly in the context of schools ' S3/4 stages . |
| 3 | Garden Management Group are to set up a small IT panel to monitor horticultural computing . |
| 4 | Recently , Steve gave up his joinery business to set up a small security firm , hoping for more time to devote to the much-needed rescue . |
| 5 | Billy Neilson , a prominent Wear Valley councillor until last May 's Christopherian coup , was approached the other day by someone seeking to set up a small business in Sunderland . |
| 6 | Managers are required to put down a small security deposit , but all equipment is provided by the company , which also pays staff wages and overhead expenses , together with a small additional honorarium ( currently 5 per cent of husband 's salary ) to the manager 's wife for looking after the domestic accommodation . |
| 7 | Some sailors were trying to put up a small sail , but the wind blew it out of their hands , away across the sea into the night . |
| 8 | I would like to point out a small correction for your readers . |
| 9 | Stockton firemen had to use breathing apparatus to put out a small fire in an extractor fan in the women 's toilet of the Waterfront pub , Church Road . |
| 10 | Since two different groups of headlines appear in E [ the last sheet but three ] it is obvious that an interruption occurred while E was printing ; and it appears probable that it came about because the printer abruptly decided to run off a small number of complete copies of the book for sale while the opera was being presented and then to finish the entire edition at leisure . |
| 11 | He intended to build up a small collection of workmen 's clothes , a Brabant smock , a fisherman 's outfit of yellow oilskin and a sou'wester , a grey linen suit of the sort worn by miners , straw hat , wooden clogs , so that he could dress his models in them . |
| 12 | But once the children reached school age and the family moved to a farmhouse with lots of storage space , Angela began to build up a small trade , learning as she went and advertising in a local newspaper . |
| 13 | It is our practice to send out a small booklet of self-assessment questionnaires to any client referred to the department with anxiety related problems . |
| 14 | In Sutton , the wires came out into the High Street and ran a short distance to the right to run round a small green at Bushey Road . |
| 15 | Drivers of the test cars were told to drive around a small town and tap a pedal each time they spotted a ‘ problem ’ signal . |
| 16 | The gibbons are chased off by siamangs as they dominate through size , though they require a lot to eat over a small area ; the gibbons travel longer distances for small resources . |
| 17 | As the 1980s rolled on and the earlier uncertainties about choosing the right task and the right organism receded , consensus began to develop around a small number of such models , with several different groups of researchers each arguing the case for their own new versions of god 's organism . |
| 18 | The prince had asked him to take over a small present ; Simon had stuck it in a pocket and thought no more about it , only when he saw Constanza he decided to deliver it in person . |
| 19 | He has a scheme to take over a small number of simple churches and adapt them as retreats . |
| 20 | Explosives were therefore concentrated on one pier , while the balance were used to blow up a small bridge over the Ginestra , a tributary of the Tragino , over which repair traffic would have to come . |
| 21 | The next problem was to bring in a small phone box . |
| 22 | Living alone and trying to bring up a small daughter is no easy task , and taking extra time to learn a new skill is just an added burden . ’ |
| 23 | The answer is to cut out a small square of plasterboard ( or to cut through the laths in the same way ) , cut a narrow notch in the nogging to allow the cable through , and then replace the plasterboard , nailing it in place either side of the notch , and making good with filler . |