Example sentences of "[vb past] for [art] short " in BNC.

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1 Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge .
2 In 1902 he lived for a short period in Clerkenwell , east London .
3 He headed for a short , thick clump of maidenhair fern .
4 I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position .
5 Here is what she wrote : Beware the feline of the sea ; lest might happen to you what happened to me ; When once I booked for a short break stay , I found it impossible to get away — Seacat did not turn up to-day .
6 Of the students in my time , one has since become an archbishop , John Aung Hla ; another , John Maung Pe became the first bishop of Akyab , and another who came for a short term of study and an even shorter curacy was John Richardson , the saintly schoolteacher , catechist , priest and bishop in turn of Car Nicobar , where under his influence the whole of the island population , including witch doctors , became Christian .
7 Yeah , oh cos that 's when she said Frank , Frank only came for a short while or something ?
8 With the Italian press still buzzing with the story of the Grand Canal assault , Denis Law 's brother Joe arrived for a short holiday from Aberdeen .
9 When Lyall left Upton Park , McGiven served for a short time at Chelsea as youth coach before reforming a partnership in Suffolk .
10 It was unfortunate that he returned for a short time but this was necessary in order for him to complete training prior to deploying on an operational tour . ’
11 They sat down and talked for a short time .
12 You see the difference there was Thomson pulled for a short ball there and he was ignored .
13 Educated at Eton and then sent to Europe to improve himself , he worked for a short time in various jobs in ‘ the city ’ before becoming an ADC to the Governor of Australia .
14 Giles was held in high esteem in America and Europe , especially in Berlin , where he worked for a short time .
15 My main aim was for some relief to the back pain that I had had for many years but , having tried many other so-called ‘ back pain relief techniques ’ , without much success ( some worked for a short while , others not at all or even made the pain worse ) , I was not too optimistic .
16 She had for a while become a Monotype operator , on one of the " women 's machines " , and also remembers " trying to do imposition " and doing a little display work in one mainly jobbing firm where she worked for a short time .
17 After leaving the magazine , Caroline worked for a short time in the Cardiff newsroom .
18 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 .
19 My mother volunteered to look after the luggage while my father and I went for a short walk .
20 In 1900 he went to St Thomas 's Hospital to study medicine , qualifying in 1906 as MRCS and LRCP , and he then went for a short time to Brompton Hospital and Convalescent Centre .
21 After that result he disappeared for a short while , but he returned in time to be included in Wilson 's government , initially as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs , a post he held between 1964 and 1966 .
22 At one school I attended for a short while , very much for ‘ young ladies ’ , the headmistress descended unexpectedly on a class , with a visitor , and found it in uproar .
23 Jehan fumbled for the short sword which he kept tucked between the straps behind his saddle .
24 The following year , in March and April the child was admitted to hospital for an assessment and he was then returned to the open unit from where he again absconded for a short period .
25 ‘ He apologised for the short notice .
26 We continued for a short distance before pitching our tents in the boulder strewn tundra now below the elegant , ice-fluted summit of Chonku Chuli .
27 I slept for a short time but was woken when the coach stopped .
28 They halted for a short time near midafternoon to rest the horses .
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