Sentence examples for had been small from inspiring English sources

The staff had been small.

Our new house had been small but well built.

Mr. Silverblatt said that most of the companies making cuts had been small ones.

Forest dwellers had always hunted the local wildlife but their needs had been small.

The company said the fraud had been small and would not affect its financial performance.

The candlestick had been small and forgettable, about the size and colour of a juice glass.

It really wasn't a contest; our family had been small-lake people for generations.

Many soon settled on Long Island and transformed what had been small-scale vegetable farming into the industrial production of potatoes.

The debate over arming the rebels has resurfaced since the White House disclosed last week that the nation's intelligence agencies believed that there had been small-scale use of chemical weapons by the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

His changes have been small, but noticeable.

There have been small departures, though.