Example sentences of "a short [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Although strikes tend to be of a shorter duration they are concentrated around this key period when they are accompanied by picketing , working slowly to the rule book and the physical harassment of managers . |
2 | As this is such a short route it is best to combine it with Days Four or Six . |
3 | And my Lord a short part I wish to refer you to and that is on page a hundred and seventy nine which is er the section when the judge was dealing with er the law of duty and the judge Mr Justice said during the trial I express some concern to what evidence has been called it is not necessary to refer to lawyers professional liability by . |
4 | Then I saw the spare figure of Captain Robins walking towards me , bag in hand : even on land after such a short voyage he had the kind of rolling gait that proclaimed him a man of the sea . |
5 | After a short chat he invited me to join him at a ‘ small Chinese gathering ’ in the hall usually used for Tong meetings on River Street West . |
6 | Lewis is coming up to very close backward point , a silly point we have Smith , a short leg we have Morris so there are a good wicketkeeper and the slip both with hands on hips , are five men round the batsman and a mid-on , a long leg , mid-off , cover and the point and Tufnell false run , erm stops in his run , John Hampshire signals no delivery and they start again , a hundred and nineteen for four at the moment the score . |
7 | After a short while we could n't stand it any longer ; we had to find out what was going on . |
8 | After a short while we go off , saying we 'll be back in an hour or two , to stay ; the night is long , the people are gathering . |
9 | And we have done something about it , grasped the mettle , and I believe that in a short while we 're going to solve this problem , and it wo n't be thanks to you and the Conservative Party . |
10 | After a short while they retired to the back room and sat in a kind of play-pen atmosphere analysing Judit 's most recent game with a young American visitor . |
11 | With that , Dick changed course , and in a short while they came up from behind the Shuttle . |
12 | After a short while she saw him emerge on to the quayside , a tall , lean man with the kind of rangy , loose-limbed walk which drew admiring glances from any female within range . |
13 | In a short while she would be installed in a quiet hotel room where she could get on with her work , and try to forget about the arrival of that frightening letter . |
14 | Incredibly , for a short while she had managed to forget the other girl 's existence . |
15 | After a short while you come to two iron gates side by side . |
16 | After a short while he found that the gypsies were taking their horses to him to be shod ; and he had quite a busy time shoeing gypsy horses . |
17 | Within a short while he was on to the subject of Libya 's exports . |
18 | After a short while he identified a small bacon-curing business that he felt was worth investing in . |
19 | Arthur Price chairman John Price says : ‘ 13/0 certainly looks as bright and as cheerful as 18/8 but after it has been in use for a short while it goes dull and then grey and , after a year or so , stains and pitmarks develop which can not be removed . ’ |
20 | For a short while it was apparently known as ‘ godnose ’ . |
21 | For a short while it 's all sunshine and roses . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | One can not fly the aircraft ‘ hands off ’ because after a short while it starts to wander off course ’ . |
24 | Within a short while it became clear that this policy was damaging the rice crop . |
25 | All sounds from outside were muffled because of the dock being partly below ground level , set into the slope of the bank , but in a short while I heard the sound of a car door slamming and after that the noise of an engine starting up and being driven away . |
26 | Likewise , if instead of saying , ‘ there is a patient outside ’ , I could say ( out of role ) , ‘ In a short while I will be a patient coming to the consultant 's office — how do you want me to play the role ? |
27 | After a short while I started to see an osteopath , which really helped to relieve the pain , but again only temporarily . |
28 | I still kept the idea of being a lawyer through studying at night school , but , after a short while I decided I was really going to follow up a boxing career . |
29 | There is a standard lie for each club , but for a short person it ought to be one or two degrees flatter . |
30 | Even within a short distance we can see remarkable changes of thickness . |