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 .
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