Example sentences of "and [verb] [art] small [noun sg] " 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 The same Yorkstone paving slabs in both the conservatory and the garden provide continuity and make the small area look bigger .
4 If you take that home and read the small print , you 'll find you 're probably not covered for the very things that are going to go wrong .
5 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 .
6 The black horse sniffed the air , and made a small bowing movement of its head , as if in greeting to the other horse .
7 For a moment Ben seemed about to say something , then he dropped his eyes and made a small movement of his head .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Vanessa gave him a long look , then delved into her handbag and produced a small object .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 I did a drugs awareness sketch and got a small part in the school play which was Twelfth Night .
14 When the group got closer , they broke into a gallop and charged the small party .
15 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 .
16 It is built on Greek cross plan and has a small dome on an octagonal drum .
17 Later he became a director of the club and built the small chapel behind the groundsman 's hut where visiting supporters could find ‘ quiet contemplation and a cup of Bovril ( 58p ) ’ .
18 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 .
19 On a clear spring day in May 1936 he visited Little Gidding , once the home of Nicholas Ferrar , and entered the small chapel there .
20 I found the Rue des Moines and entered the small apothecary 's shop , but I was disappointed .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 Charles was glad to settle by Harold 's log fire , and to accept a small whisky and water .
24 After this last furlough we paid a last sad visit to the school and found a small girl crying her heart out .
25 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 .
26 Its companions emerged and approached the small fire , but stayed warily at a distance , more afraid of the flame than of the humans who had kindled it , Tallis decided .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 It 's probably got some pretentious name and cost a small fortune . ’
30 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 .
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