After all, one can't expect to be invited to every small dinner.

She had watched with horror as the "small dinner" became, in the space often days, something quite different.

But was it usual for them to carry weapons to a small dinner?

There may also be smaller dinners during the year to mark the initiation of new members.

"They're impossible to serve for more than a small dinner party," he says.

We would appreciate it if he kept the dinner small, no more than three courses.

The place is designed to accommodate small dinners with friends, usually no more than two or four at a time.

Always say it's a small dinner, no matter what the size.

"Sometimes I think ten is the absolute limit for a small dinner."

I'll want you to get an apartment soon, someplace where we can give small dinners.