Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You might be able to go for a short walk in a couple of days , ’ said Joe . |
| 2 | Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge . |
| 3 | During the two phases of Pilot schemes , which were essentially experimental , detailed policy could only be formulated for the short term but , as the new system is becoming established , this letter is able to state policy for a longer period . |
| 4 | In 1902 he lived for a short period in Clerkenwell , east London . |
| 5 | The Leeward Islands had tried to ignore Carlisle 's lieutenant-governor as early as the 1630s , and when the islands became royal colonies in the 1660s they were treated for a short time as separate communities , with each island being regarded as an individual colony . |
| 6 | You have to go through a short course at the R A F College Cranwell and then once that that teaches you the R A F side of it makes you into an officer because at the end of the day you maybe there to do public relations but if the spaghetti hits the fan you 're an officer and you 're a combatant and you know you carry a gun around when you 're in a war zone and you know you 're expected to use it and if the senior officer of the unit next to you gets shot and you 're the most senior officer then you take over |
| 7 | Train services on the Esk Valley line were delayed for a short time and the Sprinter train was allowed to continue its journey after it had been examined by experts . |
| 8 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
| 9 | Capacitor C2 is included to reduce the gain at d.c. to unity whilst appearing as a short circuit to a.c. signals . |
| 10 | Although sometimes appearing as a short man covered in hair , it is most often identified as a wild young bogey-horse , or a cross between a horse and a bull displaying two long , sharp horns . |
| 11 | During the 1920s James earned his living as a schoolmaster , returning for a short period to teach History and English at Q.R.C. , where amongst his pupils was Eric Williams , the future Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago . |
| 12 | He said Thompson had been involved in a traffic accident in which he had suffered a head injury and been concussed for a short time . |
| 13 | As in the preparasitic stage , growth of the larva during parasitic development is interrupted by two moults , each of these occurring during a short period of lethargus . |
| 14 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
| 15 | These drugs are recommended for the short term treatment ( one to two weeks ) of acute constipation and as a purgative before diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy . |
| 16 | We continued climbing for a short while and were soon at the highest point of our walk . |
| 17 | Yet it is known that between one third and one half of mentally handicapped people currently resident in mental handicap hospitals should not be in hospital and could be either immediately discharged or discharged after a short period of training . |
| 18 | Looking pink and refreshed after a short break , Mr Smith strode into the pokey committee rooms to a rabble-rousing welcome . |
| 19 | In order to test these predictions we need to compare the size of the latent inhibition effect found after a long exposure — test interval ( which we may take to be 24 h or more ) with that found after a short interval ( when conditioning follows exposure immediately or after a few minutes ) . |
| 20 | I stopped after a short while and said ‘ this is nonsense — I ca n't learn any more of this sort of thing by two o'clock — I must just do a prose right through and see how I get on ’ . |
| 21 | I am reminded of a short verse written in Roman times when even then they a new the nature of doctors . |
| 22 | It falls straight from the waist and the hem is rounded , but with what looks like a short tail at the back . |
| 23 | And that 's a throwen chair of around about fourteen fifty , designed with a short seat so that you lean forward and it 's a writing chair basically . |
| 24 | It is approached via a short lane on the left which goes no further than the House . |
| 25 | A day at the greatest flower show on earth , starts with a short journey by rail from The Hague to Zoetermeer ( included on your holiday ) . |
| 26 | The fuselage starts with a short nose followed by a quite large windscreen and , from the 1960 Apache G model onwards , three side windows . |
| 27 | In other words , all the information for the knitting of the garment part is there , but is encoded into a short form . |
| 28 | Typically , each chapter gives a brief introduction followed by preparative methods , arranged according to reagent used or building block employed , and concludes with a short section on biological activity . |
| 29 | The idea had come from a short documentary I saw years ago called Werner Herzog Eats His Show . |
| 30 | When it reported in April 1982 , the Club had other difficulties to deal with as the Secretary , Bob Hodson , the Professional , Ian Evans , and the Steward all resigned within a short period . |