It was little more than a small clearing in the trees.

There was a small clearing here, and there's a river not far to the north.

"Perhaps we should go to a small clearing near here?"

I was looking through a bush at a small clearing in wild country.

At the top of the hill was a small clearing.

Very soon I began to make out a small clearing beyond the wall of green.

In a few more minutes he was there, coming into the small clearing from the east.

We walked for maybe five minutes, then came to a small clearing.

Then, after quite a while, we came to a small clearing.

He went back to his small clearing and sat down again.