Example sentences of "i [verb] for a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here is what she wrote : Beware the feline of the sea ; lest might happen to you what happened to me ; When once I booked for a short break stay , I found it impossible to get away — Seacat did not turn up to-day . |
| 2 | The next day he and I went for a shorter walk and returned about 6 . |
| 3 | My mother volunteered to look after the luggage while my father and I went for a short walk . |
| 4 | At one school I attended for a short while , very much for ‘ young ladies ’ , the headmistress descended unexpectedly on a class , with a visitor , and found it in uproar . |
| 5 | I slept for a short time but was woken when the coach stopped . |