It was so small a hope, but now my only one.
So small a hope, yet it was all he had.
Yet, small hope, maybe the boy's car was still here.
What kept him from doing so was a small hope.
But actually I had small hope that you could get anything out of him.
A small hope, but one which had to be followed.
I never believed in the democratic system of this country but had small hope that the yellow party were different.
Holding out to him their one small hope of winning this fight.
After two hours, they felt better but had small hope.
I had small hope of the call coming and it didn't.