Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] the short " 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 | The terror bound her chest so that her breath came in the short , dry , painful gasps of a dying asthmatic . |
| 3 | Both had pars at the 37th - their third visit of the day to the first hole — and the end came at the short second where Faldo hit a seven-iron to three feet to break the deadlock with a two to a three . |
| 4 | Another birdie came at the short sixth , a downhill putt of 8ft , but a bogey five at the ninth , taking him out in 36 , undermined any move up the leaderboard . |
| 5 | Stewart 's only birdie came at the short fourth , where her ball agonisingly finished on the lip of the hole . |
| 6 | He turned towards the short passage on the left of the companionway , at the end of which lay the skipper 's cabin . |
| 7 | Suppose we say that the causal circumstance for the house fire consisted in the short circuit , the location of inflammable material in contact with the relevant conductor , and the presence of oxygen . |
| 8 | Asked by Crown counsel how Aindow had regained his balance , taken aim and fired in the short space of time available , the accused replied ‘ I do n't know ’ . |
| 9 | Dead birds were to be seen everywhere , and live ones , in quarrelling flocks , feeding on the burst stacks and blown seed-corn ; stabbing the cheeses that shone in the short winter grass ; pecking at the dried skeins of fish ; fluttering trapped beneath torn scraps of net . |
| 10 | The whole great crime story wave that began in the last years of the nineteenth century and rose to its towering peak in the 1920s and 1930s began with the short story . |
| 11 | He left her at the large ornate gate , and she walked up the short drive to the front door . |
| 12 | After getting out of the car she bent over and pushed open the gate , then closed it behind her , walked up the short path and rang the doorbell . |
| 13 | I parked Armstrong on the road and walked down the short drive to the impressive Gothic porch around the front door . |
| 14 | The bright sunlight had straightened the ball 's flight-path , and as Gower fed on the short balls and what he converted into half-volleys , there were fleeting thoughts of a century before lunch , such was his willingness to go after runs . |
| 15 | The door closed behind them , and they went down the short path . |
| 16 | He looked at the short stocky man seated before him . |
| 17 | Jehan fumbled for the short sword which he kept tucked between the straps behind his saddle . |
| 18 | His first feeling as he emerged from the short but deep sleep which came to him at the end of every restless night , was that he was bloody glad to be alive . |
| 19 | He dozed on the short drive , but unfortunately he was wide awake and very horny when they reached their hotel room . |
| 20 | A wedge approach to three feet produced an eagle three at the ninth , while her solitary lapse was the four she made at the short 16th . |
| 21 | ‘ He apologised for the short notice . |
| 22 | Frontier checks and controls would have to be rationalized and relaxed in the short term . |
| 23 | Sister Dew scuttled off to her own house , which was at the as yet unfashionable end of the terrace and Mark hurried along the short distance to the vicarage . |