Example sentences of "taken a small " in BNC.

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1 If the scientists succeed , they will have taken a small step toward improving the efficiency of nuclear fusion devices .
2 Late in May Andy Norman had taken a small party of athletes to Oslo for a meeting .
3 The Captain had taken a small leather pouch from an inner pocket , pulled open the drawstring , extracted a shilling and was holding it out .
4 She had even taken a small part at a provincial theatre until pregnancy again intervened , and had found that she was not forgotten , that Dinah Asshe could become Dinah Arkwright and be the same woman .
5 When Panama City awakened , and after I had taken a small breakfast of pineapple , café con leche and a hard roll or two , I rented a small white Japanese car , acquired a map from the official cartographers who conduct their business under the curious name of the Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia , and set out to look for Santa Fé , for William — and for the Pacific .
6 We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island .
7 We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island .
8 ‘ Mrs Funnell thought it better not to call him because you 'd only taken a small dose .
9 Agnes had taken a smaller one ; she had just got back from her service 's registry .
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