Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As dawn appears in the sky our progress quickens ; after crossing a few fields and climbing several hedgerows we are suddenly on a road with farm buildings a short distance away . |
| 2 | The dead men 's bodies were recovered by police divers a short distance from the shoreline . |
| 3 | The dead men 's bodies were recovered by police divers a short distance from the shoreline . |
| 4 | This was very common in the past and I 'm sure many shop stewards here who 've dealt with redundancies in the past , know about the poor members who get quite a nice lump sum redundancy , but in fact , they 've only been in pension schemes a short while , so they ca n't provide for themselves in old age , once they 've spent the redundancy money . |
| 5 | In his experiment , he showed nursery school children a short film featuring an adult and a ‘ Bobo ’ doll . |