The phrase "asked in a small" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a request made in a subtle or quiet manner, but as it stands, it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "She asked in a small voice if she could join the conversation."
Alternatives: "asked softly" or "inquired quietly".
"Is it all right if I don't eat it all?" Benjamin Lebert asked in a small, polite voice, staring down at the thick slab of filet mignon he had ordered at Michael Jordan's Steakhouse in Grand Central Terminal.
" 'What is literature?' Jean-Paul Sartre once asked in a small volume bearing that title," Algren declared, invoking his rival for Simone de Beauvoir's affections, in a 1961 afterword to "Chicago Cityy on the Make".
They sit in the back of our large classrooms, and they attempt to appear to be busily writing when a question is asked in a small class.
When asked, in an interview in English with a small group of reporters, if he would accept the results were he declared the winner, he said, "It's not that I want the presidency that bad," but added he would consult with advisers before deciding.
Most requests for information are quite routine, though some - usually asked in the small hours - can be a little bizarre.
But, he was asked in conversation with a small group of reporters, did he already know "Les Fables"?
All they asked in return was a small investment to help with the initial purchase of gold from certain reliable sources, to be resold at fantastic profits via other reliable sources.
"So," I ask Schmidt in a small conference room that, disturbingly, has an ejector seat.
And Greyston keeps up a founding principle — hiring its 75 workers on a first-come-first-served basis, no questions asked, not a small thing in a hard-pressed city with more than its share of homeless people, drug addicts and ex-convicts.
With support from the Greenwall Foundation, researchers from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee asked a small group of doctors involved in high-risk elective operations about withdrawal of life support, advance directives and informed consent and presented clinical scenarios that involved withdrawing care.
In early 2015, the UN asked for a small fraction of that to feed, house and school the four million refugees in Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon, but the international community and Europe failed to deliver (and many EU members still haven't paid their share).
