Example sentences of "see a small [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've only seen a small part of the hospital wing , ’ Fairham observed . |
| 2 | However , forums such as ComputerWorld have seen a small firestorm of user complaints in their pages over the proposed return to an Ultrix migration path . |
| 3 | Her teacher had seen a small notice about a charity in Russia which was looking for hosts for children from the affected regions and had contacted a friend , originally from Russia , who helped investigate the charity . |
| 4 | If a pet cat has access to the garage where someone has been filling the car 's radiator system with antifreeze at the onset of winter , the animal may see a small puddle on the garage floor , where some has spilled . |
| 5 | Now he could see a small knot of people in front of that roadblock , dressed in overcoats , caps and hats ; attempting , it seemed , to talk their way past half a dozen yellow-anoraked policemen on the other side of that barrier . |
| 6 | AFTER the string of contract calamities , which has sent the Serious Fraud Office globetrotting , Sir Derek Alun-Jones and his beleaguered Ferranti team must now see a small chink of light . |
| 7 | AFTER the string of contract calamities , which has sent the Serious Fraud Office globetrotting , Sir Derek Alun-Jones and his beleaguered Ferranti team must now see a small chink of light . |
| 8 | The moon was low now , and there was not much light , but I could just see a small group of men on horses . |
| 9 | Asik heard a rumbling noise and he could just see a small cloud of dust appearing in the distance . |
| 10 | On the other hand , on a computer screen you can only see a small amount of information at any given time , whereas with index cards you can lay them out across a table or on the floor for an overview . |
| 11 | The Army may be seeing a smaller throughput of students , but its four core course levels remain and , ironically , new courses are constantly being introduced to meet changing needs . |
| 12 | Thus we could not claim that an adult must have seen a speck of dust at a range of more than a foot or so , whereas birds could be said to see a small insect at 400 metres . |
| 13 | This is the path generally chosen by visitors going to Coiruisg , and once the hill-top is reached , the guides are quite contented to allow the visitor to see a small comer of lake . |
| 14 | Rocky , busy waving his charges on board , glanced over his shoulder in time to see a small group of dark shapes disappearing at a fast lope round the bend of the curving driveway . |
| 15 | As he taxied to a halt at Aalborg , he saw a small contingent of SD approach , keen and hungry , and his lips curved . |
| 16 | He used to be chauffeur-driven to market and one evening , when returning via Lower Road , Bemerton , on the way back to his home at Donhead , saw a small child in the water , being swept downstream by the fast-flowing River Nadder . |
| 17 | Although the Second Duma saw a small increase in the number of right-wing deputies , more striking was the decline in the number of Kadet deputies and the advance of the extreme Left , including Social Democrats and SRs who had decided to abandon the electoral boycott they had staged during the elections to the First Duma . |
| 18 | In contrast the United Kingdom and what was West Germany saw a small increase in the 1970s and then stabilised their share through the 1980s . |
| 19 | Between the stones , the girls saw a small heap of coal . |
| 20 | I looked through the telescope and saw a small boy with a bag over his shoulder . |
| 21 | On Friday 23 April Baldwin saw a small delegation of the owners . |
| 22 | She pushed open the door and saw a small counter before her arrayed with pieces of leather and a variety of lasts . |
| 23 | As I turned away I saw a small patch of khaki material caught on the very top of the wire . |
| 24 | Along the street , he saw a small group of men drifting aimlessly towards him . |
| 25 | I approached the compost heap and saw a small cloud of whiteflies rise from it . |
| 26 | Six minutes later he saw a small movement on top of the hill opposite . |
| 27 | Chen , watching Karr , saw a small movement in the big man 's face ; saw him look up at the woman appreciatively . |
| 28 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 29 | From the Bloody Bush pillar retrace your steps , going back into Scotland until just before the summit of the hill you see a small cairn on the right . |
| 30 | Among all these grand people , I see a small woman in a figure-hugging black number with fringes . |