1.   High railings guarded the small courtyard gardens, the gates of which were usually protected by push-button security-code entry locks.

2.   As they descended the steps, a battered car turned into the drive and pulled up in a corner of the small courtyard.

3.   We were in a small courtyard into which had been crammed half a dozen hutches and garden-shed-type constructions.

4.   A Buddha statue beckons through a small courtyard.

5.   A small gated courtyard with a seating area provides space for events, which will include cooking demonstrations and book readings.

6.   But they are different, as the children in the small courtyard make clear.

7.   He provided seven separate entrances to the building, each with its own small courtyard.

8.   I trudge through slushy snow, straddling patches of ice, to reach the back of the small courtyard.

9.   In a small courtyard tucked away in a neighborhood called Libertade, a cultural exchange was under way as part of the fifth annual Panorama Percussivo Mundial festival.

10.   In small internal courtyards, women hospitably poured cups of tea for visitors.