Example sentences of "small [noun sg] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , just before 2 p.m. , a small delegation arrived at the Elephant and Castle seeking clarification of what would be on offer . |
| 2 | Out shopping with his mother one day , a small boy stopped at the bottom of an escalator and refused to budge . |
| 3 | A large man and a small boy appeared at the other end of the platform : she hobbled on her heels , humping her heavy suitcase , towards them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But only a small child tugs at the heart-strings . |
| 6 | But Richard brought up siege machines and began to bombard the walls , concentrating on the fourth side where a small town nestled at the foot of the citadel . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do n't you bribe a waiter to stand outside the door ? ’ she snapped back , then stalked past him without a backward glance , acutely aware of the small smile playing at the corners of his mouth as his gaze followed her . |
| 8 | The house had a large garden with a small river running at the foot of it and was situated in the small quiet village of . |
| 9 | There was a small cutter parked at the jetty , and a sign taped to the Eberhardt window said that for $15 each she would take us right up to the foot of the Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers which spilled from the southern tip of that immense high-altitude sheet of white that was the Patagonian ice-cap . |
| 10 | The small fellow pulled at the tall boy 's trouser leg . |
| 11 | A small cross appears at the bottom right hand corner of the cell border , to tell you it 's the current cell . |
| 12 | This last remark seemed to have gone home , as Johnny paled a little and a small muscle twitched at the corner of his mouth . |