Example sentences of "[to-vb] a small [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Eventually their father came to some arrangement with the Education Authority and he was able to afford a small car to drive them to school . |
2 | All over Paris people queued to buy a small bagful to heat their homes , and in the Rue de la Paix the most fashionable jeweller in Paris placed a lump of coal , surrounded by diamonds , in his window . |
3 | Whereas Gaston had managed to buy a small boat to go fishing , Marius had not so much as managed the purchase of two matching garden chairs . |
4 | He smiled , then got up , moving across to fetch a small towel to mop up the ch'a , a brush to gather up the tiny pieces of broken porcelain . |
5 | De Choiseul planned to collect only eight small vessels between Dunkirk and Calais , too few to attract any agent 's notice but sufficient to carry a small force to secure the initial beachhead , which would then be rapidly reinforced . |
6 | So it was that in the Autumn of 1983 , just after we bought this house we decided to plant a small spinney to hide a development of new houses on our north border . |
7 | Those hours spent with Mr. Golding are a very pleasant memory — he was always kind and must have been a nice type of man to allow a small boy to help , or should I say hinder him . |
8 | People , their understandings of their circumstances and their struggles to force collective facilities out of the state , were again under-conceptualised and , indeed , even seemed to have a small role to play . |
9 | It was upstairs again , and now twenty-past eight , and she was informed by her apparent new friend that they had to join a small team to clean the toilets , which meant bringing the buckets down stairs , emptying them in the larger buckets arrayed along the wall by a side door ; then wash out each utensil under a pump and return it to its particular cubicle . |
10 | The bartender lent the customary ear , then placated the guest by offering a complimentary drink and snack , using the empowerment code to authorise a small expenditure to retain the guest 's goodwill . |
11 | ‘ Would you like me to organize a small party to go downstairs and get what bed-coverings we can ? ’ |