His smallness didn't bother him, except when he needed something off the top shelf.

It is entirely normal to hear a statement like I have just one doubt, miss or If you have any doubts before the exam tomorrow, come see me in the staff room. The doubts in the aforementioned sentences are not as much rooted in a lack of faith as in a lack of understanding.

He was handing her something in an envelope, and she was saying “Oh, Jeeves, you've saved a human life,” and he was saying “Not at all, miss.” The gist, of course, escaped me, but I had no leisure to probe into gists.

A standard NGL flow sensor at the inlet to the pressure demand regulator operated a doll's eye indicator […]