Example sentences of "and [verb] a small [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And behold , he shrivelled and withered under their eyes , and became a small handful of grey dust and glass powder . |
| 2 | SIR — A 37-year-old man , who had been on total parenteral nutrition for 2½ years after excision of his small bowel for a mesenteric desmoid tumour , found this regimen unacceptable and sought a small bowel allograft . |
| 3 | Filmer looked back towards Xanthe and the investigator and made a small gesture of impatience , and it seemed to trigger a response from the investigator because he said that if anyone remembered any helpful detail , however small , would they please tell him or one of his colleagues , but meanwhile everyone was free to go . |
| 4 | The black horse sniffed the air , and made a small bowing movement of its head , as if in greeting to the other horse . |
| 5 | For a moment Ben seemed about to say something , then he dropped his eyes and made a small movement of his head . |
| 6 | As soon as she thought we were out of sight she reached under her apron and produced a small bottle from which , tipping back her head , she took a swig . |
| 7 | The Liability account showed substantial improvement and produced a small profit for the quarter of $0.7m against a loss last time of $4.1m . |
| 8 | Vanessa gave him a long look , then delved into her handbag and produced a small object . |
| 9 | Tom sat with his shirt-sleeves rolled up , the beads of sweat trickling down the sides of his ruddy face while Willie continued to shiver , managing only to drink half a cup of tea and eat a small piece of bread . |
| 10 | The authorities felt that small gasifiers might provide part of the solution to these problems and New Zealand was persuaded to fund and deliver a small downdraught gasifier for Vanuata . |
| 11 | I did a drugs awareness sketch and got a small part in the school play which was Twelfth Night . |
| 12 | He is a forestry expert and has a small stud as a hobby , so now the stables are being used again and I wake up to the clop-clop of horses ' hooves on the cobbles in the morning . |
| 13 | It is built on Greek cross plan and has a small dome on an octagonal drum . |
| 14 | The Devon Coast Holiday Park enjoys sea views and has a small children 's play area . |
| 15 | I reached over for a large tin on my right , prised the tight lid off with my knife and used a small teaspoon inside to place some of the white mixture from the tin on to a round metal plate in front of the old dog 's skull . |
| 16 | At officer level there was to be a chief executive ( in place of the former town clerk ) whose role was to advise the Policy and Resources Committee and head a small management team ( consisting mainly of chief departmental officers ) which would prepare plans and programmes as well as co-ordinate policy implementation . |
| 17 | Each unit acts like an eye , and contains a small lens or facet , which focuses light down a rod ( known as a rhabdom ) made up of layers of light detectors . |
| 18 | Charles was glad to settle by Harold 's log fire , and to accept a small whisky and water . |
| 19 | After this last furlough we paid a last sad visit to the school and found a small girl crying her heart out . |
| 20 | He scratched together some lentils and nebes bread , and found a small jar of black beer and a clay straw to suck it with , thinking of the contrast between last night 's dinner and this . |
| 21 | I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again . |
| 22 | Unable to pay the rank and file an adequate salary , the government had been compelled to allow these semi-professional soldiers to engage in petty trade and handicraft and to farm a small plot of land . |
| 23 | It 's probably got some pretentious name and cost a small fortune . ’ |
| 24 | By the 1920s Frank Hender had bought it and installed a small brass finishing workshop on the upper floor , the lower section being let to a Mr Thompson for shoe stiffening manufacture . |
| 25 | Mr Litmus had returned to his lab and prepared a small bottle of acid , hoping it was enough to burn through the metal bars . |
| 26 | The scattered nature of the food evidently makes dispersed foraging essential , since the animals are slow-moving and cover a small area each day . |
| 27 | Then they burrow deep into the still soft sand and excavate a small chamber . |
| 28 | Mr Yeltsin 's team was preparing to counter-attack today with a draft of a new constitution that would extend the presidential term from five years to six and give him a right of veto over parliamentary Bills and to pick a small team of state ministers . |
| 29 | Eddie baited the swim with mashed bread and legered bread flake on a size 14 hook with 2 lb hook length and 3 lb main line to make the capture and added a small chub later in the session . |
| 30 | Following the divorce , the wife now desired to buy and run a small hotel . |