Example sentences of "[adj] for a short time " in BNC.
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1 | She fell asleep for a short time but it was about 3am that Mr and Mrs Phillips noticed she was not breathing , ’ said Mr Goldring . |
2 | All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured . |
3 | He considered this for a short time and concluded that he had to make a public stand for those things which he believed . |
4 | Someone tried to organise a concert party , and there was a great deal of enthusiasm for this for a short time . |
5 | It is best made at the last possible moment , although it can be kept warm for a short time in a bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
6 | In this state it is not unusual for the subject to think that he has not been hypnotized at all , but has simply felt very relaxed for a short time . |
7 | He had been ill for a short time and when uremic poisoning developed , he was moved to a private ward in the Moose Jaw General Hospital . |
8 | Because the spores are viable for a short time , Laboulbeniales are effectively restricted to arthropod hosts that have overlapping generations , especially in temperate regions ; that is they can not easily establish relations with those insects in which all the adults die at the end of the summer , with the species surviving in the form of larvae or pupae . |
9 | For example , imagine two cylinders of gas joined by a narrow pipe containing a valve that is at first closed , then open for a short time , then closed again . |
10 | It must be a problem if people sort of leave their children in nurseries all the time cos it 's nice for a short time but for a long long time they 're just not yours are they any more ? |
11 | The time out lasts only until the child has stopped the undesirable behaviour and has been quiet for a short time . |