Example sentences of "[coord] for a short " in BNC.

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1 The men work with practised skill , pausing only to sharpen their axes or for a short cigarette break .
2 The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time .
3 At the top you can continue along the route described for Day 2 — a long day 's walk — or for a shorter route descend to Patterdale via Angle Tarn .
4 She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms .
5 Whatever his standing with Catholics ( and for a short time it was high ) , he was set on a collision course with the representatives of traditional unionism and with no representative more so than Ian R. K. Paisley .
6 She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic .
7 Once it had dispersed , Bunting was allowed to hold a meeting in the Diamond and for a short time afterwards there was tension as rival groups of teenagers faced each other , but police and DCAC stewards persuaded them to disperse before any trouble broke out .
8 He wore an expression of abject defeat and for a short moment my attention moved away from my own troubles and I felt sorry for him .
9 The Congress of Vienna returned Danzig to the Prussians , and for a short while it functioned as the administrative capital of West Prussia , with a corresponding growth in civil servants and officials .
10 ‘ She will have well-ordered meals nicely presented , and for a short time she will mix with the other patients .
11 On graduating he was ordained , and for a short period was a tutor at New College .
12 Just thinking of the dark young man with Romany looks who had taken her virginity , and for a short time had loved her so passionately , did not serve her well enough .
13 A planet at regular intervals regresses , that is , stops its westward motion among the stars ( as viewed from earth ) and for a short time retraces its path eastward before continuing its journey westward once again .
14 But then I told myself that I would only have been his mistress , in a foreign country , and for a short time , until he grew tired of me .
15 Arnulf began his formal education at the cathedral school of Seés and for a short time held the position of treasurer of Bayeux .
16 She joined in their laughing and talking , and for a short time almost forgot her shame .
17 I thought about my dear wife , and for a short time I felt better .
18 These were doubtless satisfactory for the individuals who had collected them and for a short period of time , until perhaps superseded by rulings that were seen to be more appropriate .
19 Shrewsbury put on both subs one of them Howard Clark , on loan with Quakers earlier in the season in an effort to save the game , and for a short spell put Quakers under real pressure .
20 Solemn and with sullen eyes they kept their regard apart , but for a short while , perhaps inadvertently their gaze crossed over and fixed on the other mounting the hill .
21 You , my lady , will be here with us but for a short time , I understand — so pray be at ease , and treat this as your own abode . ’
22 Really , this is another way of saying that capital is sunk , but for a short period of time , because whilst the plane is in use it is not available for alternative flights .
23 Of this I was certain since , but for a short , horizontal passage running behind a row of blind windows , the main spiral leads directly , in two long verticals , from crypt to turret .
24 There is a standard lie for each club , but for a short person it ought to be one or two degrees flatter .
25 Two years ago the same thing had happened , but for a shorter time .
26 So what you actually do , is have a higher level of cover but for a shorter selected period , to fit in with your circumstances .
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