Example sentences of "had [vb pp] a small [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Ira Dilworth had arranged a small party for Gracie on the Hotel Vancouver 's mezzanine floor after the coast to coast broadcast , which went off amazingly well . |
2 | However , when I stripped the pump off the block , cleaned it and left it on the workbench , I noticed it had leaked a small amount of oil from a 1.5mm hole located near the back underside of the pump . |
3 | The largest of the groups , the Lombard League , which had won a small percentage in the 1989 European Parliament elections as the Lombardy Regional Party [ see p. 36876 ] , took 19 per cent of the vote in Lombardy and became the second largest party in the region , while separate local leagues in Veneto and Piedmont won between 5 and 7 per cent of the vote each . |
4 | One night she had boarded a small fishing vessel moored at a small port near Yalta . |
5 | Perhaps she had suffered a small fit after all , or could it have been a touch of fever ? |
6 | 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 . |
7 | There , she had been happy in Pakistan ; she had been happy in the Peckham house at least for the first year ; she had been happy working for Graham ; she 'd been enthusiastically interested at college and during the first two years after she had qualified ; she had been completely delighted when she had got the job she now had : a tenants ' association garden in a dreadful estate in Hackney , but where she , with a community group , had planned the garden from scratch and had made a small desert blossom like a rose . |
8 | It seems that during the 18th century in the beautiful city of Cambridge , the leading livery stable was owned and operated by one Charles Hobson who had made a small fortune in renting cabs and carriages to the gentry , so much so that he had acquired that lovely house and property known as Anglesey Abbey for his country residence . |
9 | It is as if I had made a small betrayal . |
10 | Terence Blacker had made a small bet with himself that he would be the first speaker to mention children 's books : he won . |
11 | On Ma Bombie 's instructions everyone had saved a small coin . |
12 | In 1979 I had built a small wind-up lectern for table-top use and followed that a couple of years later with a full-size floor-standing lectern that operates hydraulically . |
13 | He had bought a small house — a cottage really . |
14 | Finally , after a long desperate battle with her conscience , she agreed , after he had had a small heart attack , to put him into a local hospital . |
15 | The place where he had founded a small bank . |
16 | In fact it had become such a moneyspinner that the proprietor , Mr Ridout the Restaurateur , had opened a small chain of similar eateries . |
17 | He found a graze that had oozed a small crust of blood into the thick hair , almost dry now . |
18 | The opinion polls , which had shown a small move towards the Tories in the early months of 1982 , now showed a large and growing Conservative majority . |
19 | I had packed a small pair of sharp folding scissors and a supply of blotting paper . |
20 | Reluctantly , Lucy had packed a small suitcase and had driven the four-hour journey to Hastings , a city situated in the centre of the fertile Heretuanga plains of Hawke 's Bay , where fruit and vegetables grew in abundance . |
21 | After 20 minutes , Kendo , the community 's large and powerful dominant male , had isolated a small group of monkeys and was very quickly forcing them towards the north . |
22 | The situation is rather as though instead of going to the zoo I had invited a small group of creatures to come to me . |
23 | He had become a small tree . |
24 | They had found a small table tucked in between three long ones , and had already been given a jug of iced water , a long loaf , a pot of butter and a plate of olives . |
25 | Another day I observed the antics of a sea bird who had found a small crab in one of those rock pools on the beach below the house . |
26 | They had found a small restaurant away from the theatre circuit where there was no chance of bumping into Gesner . |
27 | She 'd told him she wanted a break from her own very successful career — that had been bending the truth more than a little , but taking over the club , putting her own life on hold for a little while , had seemed a small price to pay for her father 's health . |
28 | Everyone had brought a small handful of husked rice , which they passed to the front to be put on a plate beside the dhāmi . |
29 | A disabled man who is unable to speak typed out a message on his computer to call the fire brigade when he woke to find a candle had caused a small fire in his bedroom . |
30 | Many of the sheriffships were also heritable offices , which again conferred powers of private patronage upon their holders where this had not been specifically reserved to the Crown , and a great magnate who had inherited a small empire of such judicial rights had considerable powers of influence in his region , both from the offices themselves and the opportunities which they gave to oblige friends , and from the powers of the courts , for regalian jurisdiction was extended over the possessions of landowners who held their estates as the vassals of the magnate . |