Sentence examples for small-time operator from inspiring English sources

Mr. Zhao was not a con man, he was simply an ambitious small-time operator lacking the right connections.

According to Gregory Zuckerman's book, "The Greatest Trade Ever," Burry was a solitary small-time operator far away.

Despite his lethal training, Mr. Ressam seems a small-time operator, and the documentary could have done more to place him in the context of international terrorism.

As a small-time operator, I retain no backup hardware to slot in the moment something breaks, and so might have spent hours returning systems to normal.

From the opening shot, a long take in which Cosmo is held in closeup as he pays off a seven-year debt to a small-time operator who goes unseen, Cassavetes avoids psychological motivation in favor of a Beckett-like opacity and absurd humor, and turns the story into a portrait of an artist.

It had grown too dangerous for a small-time operator like him, he said.

In the early years of the twentieth century, mobsters were just small-time operators.

The criminal actions to come from the crisis, he noted, have focused on "small-time operators".

Or that Mutt, in the manner of Mr. Leonard's most memorable small-time operators, has a practical streak.

But Page Creator is clearly designed for amateurs, small-time operators; how would the spammers even know what your Web address is?

But it does have useful links to PayPal, eBay, credit card companies and payroll servicing companies — all features, once again, made to let small-time operators play in the big leagues without hiring consultants or system administrators.