Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , he had hardly referred to her except once as we passed through a small hamlet and had seen children baiting a poor , crazed woman by the crossroads . |
| 2 | We lived on a small farm which had been partly burnt down , some 1½ km from the main military camp . |
| 3 | We headed onto a small lane which took us straight towards Marloes ' magnificent sands . |
| 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 | We came across a small party of people sitting innocently on a rock enjoying the sunshine . |
| 6 | On the rocky point near the settlement we came across a small flock of birds which had a very familiar look about them : they were whimbrel , that Arctic version of the curlew which breeds on most of the northern islands , including Shetland . |
| 7 | We returned to the car and drove on until we came to a small wooden bridge spanning a rivulet of water coming from a waterfall not far up the hillside behind . |
| 8 | Then , after quite a while , we came to a small clearing . |
| 9 | ‘ Even if we celebrated in a small way we would have attracted tourists from all over the world . |
| 10 | Eventually , we arrived at a small , damp valley , peat and heather-filled , where insects hummed in the still air . |
| 11 | We walked through a small data room . |
| 12 | That is all we wanted in a small amendment to clause 5 . |