Example sentences of "[noun pl] a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were speedily , if only temporarily , relieved of their worries when a head appeared amidst the gently rolling waves a short distance from the beach , which soon resolved into the — quite pleasing — shape of a woman struggling exhaustedly out of the sea and up the beach beside the jetty . |
| 2 | Although conventional wisdom sees a long royal minority as the most daunting prospect any medieval state might face , in many respects a short minority posed more intractable problems . |
| 3 | Although conventional wisdom sees a long royal minority as the most daunting prospect any medieval state might face , in many respects a short minority posed more intractable problems . |
| 4 | The government will announce in two to three months a short list of eight foreign companies and Indian partners from 30 candidates bidding to provide cellular service in Bombay , Delhi , Calcutta and Madras . |
| 5 | A few muffled voices a short distance ahead appear to be cursing in French , then silence as the advance continues . |
| 6 | For some assignments with less experienced clients it will be appropriate to set out in detail and at some length the scope of the MAS and KPMG involvement at each stage ; for more experienced clients a shorter approach may be appropriate . |
| 7 | For more experienced clients a shorter approach may be appropriate . |
| 8 | From a stile in the top corner of the enclosure containing the boulders a short climb brings the summit ridge of Norber underfoot and a glorious view over Clapham Bottoms to Ingleborough , from the highest of many cairns at 1320 feet . |
| 9 | ‘ There was a meeting of local conservatives a short time before Prime Minister John Major visited the province in April with Sir Patrick Feldon . |
| 10 | I got into the seat next to him and he quickly drove off , heading out of the village and down the road towards the Orne bridges , leaving a cloud of dust following close behind , no doubt attracting the attention of the German gunners and mortars a short distance away across the fields . |
| 11 | As dawn appears in the sky our progress quickens ; after crossing a few fields and climbing several hedgerows we are suddenly on a road with farm buildings a short distance away . |
| 12 | That night I walked part of my way home with one of the other pupils , who lived in a group of houses a short distance from the school . |
| 13 | For example , people would rather walk further than have to carry water pots a shorter way uphill . |
| 14 | The guns a short distance away along the river bank were shelling the German positions as I started up the bagpipes in a fairly secluded thicket , the sound of the drones and the pipe reed easily drowning the noise of the guns . |
| 15 | After a few minutes Dieter 's car overtook them ; when they arrived at the auberge , it was parked in the shadows a short distance away with two dim shapes close together in the front seats . |
| 16 | I entered the woods just as three mortar explosions occurred in quick succession , somewhere in the trees a short distance away . |
| 17 | After allowing passengers a short time at Barmouth , the engines were exchanged and 75069 , hauling the London train , left at 1530 , crossed the local in Tywyn at 1600 , left Tywyn at 1620 , arrived Machynlleth at 1650 and departed at 1716 , on its way to Shrewsbury . |
| 18 | I emerged from its jaws a short time later , however , as I could n't bear the heat — My water wave fell down ! ’ |
| 19 | As I made my way through the trees in the direction of the village and Brigade H.Q there were several loud explosions a short distance away to my right , followed by a loud burst of automatic fire . |
| 20 | The dead men 's bodies were recovered by police divers a short distance from the shoreline . |
| 21 | The dead men 's bodies were recovered by police divers a short distance from the shoreline . |
| 22 | They had set off on a sunny morning to paddle their canoes a short distance along the Dorset coastline from the St Albans Centre , Lyme Regis . |
| 23 | The defendants were spotted walking back home by police a short while later . |
| 24 | In his experiment , he showed nursery school children a short film featuring an adult and a ‘ Bobo ’ doll . |
| 25 | ‘ There has been no contact between them since then , apart from a limited contact with the children a short time ago . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ There has been no contact between them since then , apart from a limited contact with the children a short time ago . ’ |
| 27 | The road overbridge at the start of the climb was built in 1990 to replace a narrow underbridge at Crawyetts a short distance further on which restricted lorry access to the town . |
| 28 | This was very common in the past and I 'm sure many shop stewards here who 've dealt with redundancies in the past , know about the poor members who get quite a nice lump sum redundancy , but in fact , they 've only been in pension schemes a short while , so they ca n't provide for themselves in old age , once they 've spent the redundancy money . |
| 29 | The oriental had released them from their cells a short time before , and ordered them to precede him down through an open trapdoor into a secret escape tunnel . |
| 30 | ‘ We heard similar unfounded rumours a short time ago , and did not comment then , ’ a spokesman said . |