Example sentences of "see the small [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They did not need an extra hand until harvest , he had said , or even later when they could lay off the casual help and Richard and his father would be more than sufficient labour to see the small hill farm through the winter .
2 The child might never have known his or her grandfather nor seen the small piece of land that made him a landlord , yet the child remained stubbornly a landlord in official eyes decades after land reform .
3 In the evenings , with painful vividness , she had seen the small congregation in the post office , the mail van crossing the bridge , Annie sorting the letters , the stretch of empty road to the sycamores where they had stopped to talk .
4 I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving .
5 He could see the small figure pulling bank-notes out of his pocket , trying to explain why he wanted his machinery returned .
6 She could see the small scar on his right cheek and the firm jaw and the paleness of his face as he struggled with some inner demon .
7 He could see the small movement of the muscles at the top of her legs .
8 She turned , saw the small frown creasing his forehead .
9 He saw the small shiver pass through her .
10 As she opened the door Victoria saw the small group of photographers outside , waiting patiently under the small horse-chestnut tree opposite her house .
11 Once Sipotai 's scouts saw the small party under Burun 's silver banner , they would forget everything else .
12 Then I saw the small monster too .
13 It was odd to sit here , so far away , in sun and shouting , and see the small dark and light rounds of the face of the man who had made those images .
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