Example sentences of "they [vb past] [prep] [art] short [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They drove up the short drive , past a lodge with a roof that looked in need of mending , good grass fields and post-and-rail fencing like broken teeth after years of neglect . |
| 2 | She was by that time too valuable a property to be junked , so they settled for a short suspension and a revised entry in the book . |
| 3 | The door closed behind them , and they went down the short path . |
| 4 | They halted for a short time near midafternoon to rest the horses . |
| 5 | They travelled by a short stairway from the morning room , up into a narrow corridor carved with horses ' heads . |