Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carlisle sales rep Ian Cass made the short journey to top shore mark Balcary Point in south west Scotland to catch a 22 lb 8 oz cod . |
| 2 | He made the short journey to sample the fare of the proud dinner ladies from Wheatley Park School . |
| 3 | And as soon as his own net duties were over on Tuesday and yesterday , Ian made the short trip to Derby to spectate . |
| 4 | Leaders Sunderland made the short trip to Seaham and things looked close at half time as they nosed in front 19–14 . |
| 5 | The whole incident made the short cut longer than the long cut but in time we reached the approach to the camp , much to the relief of Hassan who seemed to have less and less faith in the Second Son 's navigation . |
| 6 | I did n't really wake up until we made the short boat trip to Ellis Island . |
| 7 | It has been reported that the addition of minute amounts of phosphatidylcholines normalised the short nucleation time of bile from patients with cholesterol gall stones while having only a minimal effect on the cholesterol saturation index . |
| 8 | Nick Simmons , manager of the AA Roadwatch nerve centre at Stanmore , Middlesex , hastily pointed out yesterday that those who drew the short straw for Christmas duty could just as easily have been men . |
| 9 | The blushing ( with reason ) bride that drew the short straw was one Jo ; formerly of a record store in Chicago , who sold Ben a rare MBV bootleg , causing him to drop immediately to one knee . |
| 10 | Ministry guitarist Mick Scaccia , who drew the short straw and is rooming with Al , tells me that the singer likes to maintain a temperature of 100 degrees in his hotel room . |
| 11 | I 'm here because I drew the short straw when Jan Killeen was dishing out people to chair particular interest groups in preparation for this work , and I drew the job of chairing the group on private care issues . |
| 12 | I said today to my right hon. Friend the Member for Sparkbrook that if the Oliver Twist story were translated from the workhouse to a prison , the person who drew the short straw and was sent to protest about the food would come within the net of the Bill . |
| 13 | There was a low gasp from the men on either side as Rosten took a pace forward and drew the short sword from his belt and handed it to Gosse . |
| 14 | With what seemed super-human strength and control he drew the short sword to the left , then back to the right , his intestines spilling out onto the cobbles . |
| 15 | He stroked the short barrel of the sub-machine gun . |
| 16 | Cage and Barwick also found the short stuff , the former one of five scratch men and nine Yorkshire players from the mighty Sand Moor club in Leeds . |
| 17 | However , I found the short section on conservation and alternative energy sources disappointing . |
| 18 | A steep alley provided a short cut from the wharf area to Lady Street . |
| 19 | This record provided a short report on the timing , method , and content of each lesson , together with an overall assessment of the usefulness of materials . |
| 20 | Stephen entered a short time later , looking anxious . |
| 21 | King penguins were nesting on the hare ground a short walk from our landing beach , and while some still had eggs ( which are hatched on top of the feet under a fold of skin on the belly ) , others already had young , some of whom had developed brown down which made them look like teddy bears ! |
| 22 | The firs Chiswick Public Library was established in 1890 , in Bourne Place , and moved a short distance , eight years later , to larger premises in Dukes Avenue , which were subsequently enlarged . |
| 23 | They stopped a short distance away from him and stood , undecided as to what to do : there was no tree in the desolate barren bog from which to hang him . |
| 24 | Alexei stopped a short distance behind him . |
| 25 | Mick Moore , 36 , leapt in , swam a short distance , then collapsed with a suspected heart attack . |
| 26 | He used a short position of 1905 contracts in his arbitrage . |
| 27 | ‘ And so it is farewell , I 'm afraid , ’ he told the short person . |
| 28 | As night fell , and Weaver did not return to the flat he was sharing , Bodie and Doyle ceased surveillance on the eighth floor and drove the short distance to the house where Liz Spalding was standing guard over the Stone family . |
| 29 | Kolchinsky drove the short distance to the Bellevue Hospital , conveniently situated less than two miles away from both the hotel and the United Nations building . |
| 30 | We drove the short distance along the A149 . |