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

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1 She opened the small freezer at the top , and four different types of ice cream , some frozen cream cakes and some ready-to-bake cookie mixes promised further consolation .
2 This is , I admit , a rather small genre at the moment ; but I have recently noticed increasing use of the abattoir in short stories .
3 Paula found Archer in a small kitchen at the rear of the cottage .
4 The police had stationed their Major Incident Vehicle , a glorified caravan with radio aerials , temporary telephone lines and a flashing blue light on a small mast , in a small crescent at the end of Neptune Court .
5 In 1864 , the brothers Thomas and Andrew Kay started specialising in curling stone manufacture in a small building at The Haugh , near Mauchline .
6 He reckoned the guards were in the small building at the easterly end of the runway .
7 A small light at the end of the tunnel
8 Through easy small talk at the beginning and by humour , giving a relaxed impression themselves .
9 THE Brazilian driver , Gil de Ferran , exploited a small gap at the start , swooped into the lead , and from then on was never headed in the second race of the British Formula Three Championship at Silverstone yesterday .
10 There is a small repository at the back of the church .
11 I had composed that party political broadcast in a small bedroom at the back of the Buccleuch Arms Hotel at St Boswells , Roxburghshire , the reason being that after ten years at Piers Place , Old Amersham , we had decided to move .
12 You have created a star , in a small pond at the moment , but by the end of the Season Aschmann will be a highly commercial plum .
13 On the cylindrical AA and C types of batteries , the small terminal at the top end is positive while the whole of the base is negative .
14 And yet a small adjustment at the right place can make a significant difference .
15 The small boy at the Green demonstration in the Maldives has no doubt : his home-made banner read ‘ Down with Sea Level Rise ’ .
16 This was so successful that in May 1873 they took a lease on the Small Hall at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly , and opened 26 May 1873 .
17 The Fresson Trust , who are unveiling a statue to Northern air pioneer Captain Ernest Fresson ( see FlyPast October issue ) , are keen to start a small museum at the Highlands capital airport and ‘ we would love to have the aircraft as our first exhibit ’ , said Trust Chairman Peter Clegg .
18 After introducing it to an 18″ x 12″ aquarium I soon found it had re-arranged the substrate to form a small barricade at the front of the tank .
19 The landing was bumpy and they skipped over a small iceberg at the end of the runway where it sloped down to meet the fiord .
20 Without a word Alexander Vass rose to his feet and crossed to a small desk at the far side of the room .
21 Although he died around 1307 , his memory is preserved on the Langtoft Cross which was erected by the last Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere on the small green at the southern end of the village .
22 He sat back himself , looked out of the small window at the heavy , storm-laden , bulbous clouds they were flying through .
23 Bill Sikes broke open a small window at the back of the house , then shone his light into Oliver 's face .
24 She looked alarmed , and even though I knew the significance of this rite , because Nour had told me , for a moment I shared her confusion , her small anxiety at the thought of the violence of that long-past nuptial night .
25 Small wonder at the end of a week , punch-drunk wth boredom , they were vague about how many they would normally do in a specified time-period .
26 From the drawing room door she turned to her right into the small vestibule at the stair foot .
27 It left at two fifty P.M. and was crowded with people in heavy coats and fur hats who changed their mind constantly about leaving their outer clothing in the small wardrobe at the front of the cabin .
28 Despite its very small membership at the start , the FMS soon grew to well over 1 .000 members , with branches in most regions of the country :
29 It stands on a small mound at the junction of the two villages .
30 Epidermal cells have been thrown up into a small mound at the site of closure .
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