Example sentences of "was a small [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Away to the left was a small encampment of black nomad tents , their side flaps hoisted to catch the afternoon breezes . |
| 2 | There was a small hole about one-and-a-half millimetres wide in the packet , through which the initial infestation could have arisen . |
| 3 | There was a small hole in one of the panes of glass , but to his annoyance , Sergeant Bird could hear very little of the murmured conversation inside . |
| 4 | His bed was a small hole in the floor , and looked very like a grave . |
| 5 | There was a small hole in the door , and I put my eye to it . |
| 6 | And then I found that there was a small hole in the wall between the hut and the house . |
| 7 | He was a small man with a shock of white hair , and a ruddy complexion from his liking for port . |
| 8 | He was a small man with a puffed chest and a jutting chin . |
| 9 | He was a small man with white hair and an eccentric appearance . |
| 10 | He was a small man with the posture of a pigeon , chest and buttocks protruding . |
| 11 | He was a small man with cropped hair , active for his age , which I knew was seventy-two . |
| 12 | It was a small man in long , black robes who turned Bishop 's life around . |
| 13 | This was a small enclave at first where homemade soup , fruit and a few other wholesome products were not only provided free , but all staff were expected to partake of them at midday . |
| 14 | There was a small safe in the bottom which he hurriedly opened . |
| 15 | Unfortunately for Seb , it was a small field with a prize to match and the only two bookmakers present made Grye a clear favourite . |
| 16 | Next to his acreage was a small field of one and a half acres with a little mound in it . |
| 17 | Beyond it , protected by a high stone wall , was a small chapel in the grounds of which were a number of graves , each one marked by a simple marble marker ; some were actually decorated by headstones or crosses . |
| 18 | Take Gmurzynska from Cologne , who in past years have offered outstanding works by Kandinsky ; this year their best effort was a small Schlemmer from 1928 priced at SF365,000 ( $137,200 ; $250,400 ) . |
| 19 | Round the end with some shrubs poking over it was a small window with frosted glass . |
| 20 | There was a small window in the door of the room . |
| 21 | Two partner firms were roughly divided on the issue , but there was a small majority against in each of the remaining categories of respondent , barring ‘ others ’ . |
| 22 | It was a small station in a rural area with very few employees . |
| 23 | It was a small outbuilding off Denmark Street , behind a Greek bookshop . |
| 24 | This would have triggered their detectors dramatically , yet all they saw was a small increase in the background level of radiation . |
| 25 | There was a small increase in the percentage of launches to pleasure craft , from 54% in 1989 to 56% in 1990 , and 72% of the lives saved by the Institution 's lifeboats during the year fell into this category . |
| 26 | Table II shows that there was a small increase in the proportion of well and moderately differentiated tumours ( 6.1% and 9.5–24.5% and 33.0% for 1960s and 1980s respectively , and a corresponding decrease in the proportion of poorly differentiated tumours from the 1960–64 series to the 1984–88 series ( 69.4% and 57.5% respectively ) . |
| 27 | The only other entrance was a small door to the left of the sanctuary but that was closed with a padlock , rusting with age , and obviously had not been opened for years . |
| 28 | Between the pub and the café was a small door with a single bell and a card with the one name ‘ Arlene ’ . |
| 29 | It was a small airport with only one or two other planes . |
| 30 | The result was a small foot in the proportions likely to be found at Hadar . |