Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] at short " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ County ’ men were transferred around at short intervals , while we were static in the city , never moving more than a mile or so between the three divisions to undertake real ‘ city work ’ . |
| 2 | The three alien forms were originally to be realized by Roger Dicken ; but he completed the small forms only , and Rambaldi was called in at short notice to do the Alien head . |
| 3 | He was called in at short notice due to the unfortunate motor accident involving Design Director , Bill Naysmith . |
| 4 | A quick reshuffle followed , and Cusick was brought in at short notice . |
| 5 | Chapman had already done one Doctor Who , ‘ The Dalek Invasion of Earth ’ , brought in at short notice due to Cusick 's commitments on the ‘ Planet of Giants ’ story . |
| 6 | Though the current talk is about establishing multinational units and of creating a European rapid-deployment force that could be sent off at short notice to cope with unexpected contingencies , Europe 's armies have too many of the wrong sorts of forces , doing the wrong jobs . |
| 7 | But there is a world of difference between these patients , discharged carefully to a community hostel , and those sent out at short notice after a few months in an acute psychiatric ward . |
| 8 | Showing no ill-effects from the ‘ chucking ’ accusation he had faced earlier in the tour , the Middlesex man soon removed Wright , driving out of the rough and caught at slip ; ended Hartland 's defiant debut at silly point ; had Greatbatch snapped up at short leg after a couple of desperate drives ; and broke through Thomson 's forcing shot via an arm ball . |