Example sentences of "short [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ln short I believe the assumptions to be consistent with proposed ideas , but of doubtful validity when subjected to evaluation . |
| 2 | He liked to tell one that he was a dilettante , ‘ I 've never written a line for publication nor put brush to water-colour , in short I never did a stroke of work , except for those few years teaching at Harvard , and I must admit that I enjoyed every moment of them — in retrospect . ’ |
| 3 | In short I have laid an excellent foundation . |
| 4 | The skirt is too short I ca n't possibly wear it . |
| 5 | The skirt is too short I ca n't possibly wear it . |
| 6 | These flares are short I 'm in a right muddle really . |
| 7 | Again I 've tried to tell her but he said , Geoff said we shall have a lovely time , we sha n't go short I said I know that ! |
| 8 | Low cut thin straps fairly short I am almost positive she borrowed that off Barbie ! |
| 9 | In short she obtained a remarkable degree of autonomy . |
| 10 | herself short and in short she ai n't free When |
| 11 | It was a short she wants fifty thousand pound for ! |
| 12 | She is not a home help or a hospital ancillary worker , in short she does not work , she is not in a trade union , so she will not read our journals . |
| 13 | lifting off suddenly in mid-bend is n't such a good idea either — in short you just have to be aware all the time of how much power you have in so little car . |
| 14 | Because time is short you will want to fit in as much as possible without over-reaching yourself . |
| 15 | If your document is short you will not be able to stop it being printed unless you tap Esc for Escape very quickly |
| 16 | ‘ You stink like a sow , ’ the Prince continued in English , ‘ you 've got thighs like a grenadier , your tits are greasy , and in short you are a typical Belgian and I hate you . ’ |
| 17 | time 's very very short you know . |
| 18 | That is no more what it is like to be a bat than the following is a good picture of what it is like to see colour : use an instrument to measure the wavelength of the light that is entering your eye : if it is long , you are seeing red , if it is short you are seeing violet or blue . |
| 19 | If a queue was long then you must serve the customers quickly , but if short you had to take your time : that way the shop would never be empty . |
| 20 | She 's only short you see . |
| 21 | it just stopped short of the window , well no it was quite short you know , you could just see it aiming for the window , luckily it was plugged in |
| 22 | can be the same inside leg measurement , but different heights , so I said yes that 's true , it 's all according how long or short you are in the body and I said my son 's short in the waist |
| 23 | Yes , that 's short you see , is n't it again ? |
| 24 | You 'll obviously want to make it , you do n't want to make it too short you 're going to have enough words to get yourself a good mark . |
| 25 | In short we 're back . |
| 26 | Erm well in in the context of what I did say yesterday it 'll come as no great surprise to anyone that like Ryedale we also accept the North Yorkshire County County figures , erm which in short we we find are based on reasonable assumptions and and and an appropriate methodology , compared to some of the more extreme interpretations and projections that have that have been put forward , if I can illustrate that point by reference to er potential building rates , that the highest figure that 's been suggested is the one put forward by Mr Grigson , of Barton Willmore , I 'm talking for the moment about Greater York generally , and I 'll come onto the Selby aspect in a minute . |
| 27 | In short we have strong expectations about the structure of conversation which warrant many different kinds of inference ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 28 | Erm in short we 're talking here of the concept of rational war . |
| 29 | As time was short we walked briskly for 4 hours , before deciding that we would have to set up camp for the night . |
| 30 | The Services continued to run at the opposition and after Fenn was hauled down just short they took a half-time lead when quick hands gave Crossland sufficient room to veer inside at pace and score beneath the posts . |