1.   Although small shops and food stalls exist, vending machines filled with cookies, crackers and chips are rare.

2.   Another person I knew started a retail business, selling electrical goods, in a small rented shop.

3.   Crates were opened, back rooms of small shops were searched, new rolls of carpeting unpacked.

4.   He is thinking of opening a small shop.

5.   He started his own small shop - at first just selling newspapers, then books and magazines.

6.   It was a small shop that catered to commuters and local workers.

7.   She built her clothing empire from one small shop to an international chain.

8.   Small shops charge much higher prices for the same products.