Example sentences of "[pron] for a short [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father went mad and I think he actually hated me for a short while . |
| 2 | It 's one of my jobs to meet the boats and this involves assembling the visitors and talking to them for a short while about the wildlife and rules of the island . |
| 3 | Let's look at each in turn , and see how easy it is to live without them for a short period . |
| 4 | Often the counsellor of ageing people will experience this when , after talking with them for a short period , many of the pressures and worries appear to be visibly lifted from their shoulders . |
| 5 | ‘ It has two rooms and she is willing to let your client move into one of them for a short period . |
| 6 | Most fish would not be seriously affected by temperatures somewhat outside this range especially if only exposed to them for a short time . |
| 7 | By August 1991 W. 's condition had deteriorated to the point at which for a short time she had to be fed by nasogastric tube and have her arms encased in plaster . |
| 8 | These will protect you for a short time against tetanus . |
| 9 | had to have one for a short while , she was quite young and I , we 'd only just moved here and I took her to the vet the used to be in Sandhurst , they said it was a bee sting , they put purple stuff on it |
| 10 | The General , perhaps to make his point , informed Aitken of the authoritative report that the government had received and offered to lend it to him for a short while . |
| 11 | Pilot Stephen Grey was unhurt apart from a minor neck injury which hospitalised him for a short period . |
| 12 | While we are there could you excuse yourself , leave me alone with her for a short while . |
| 13 | Yes , said Sister , Mrs Downes had been remarkably lucky , really ; and , yes , Sergeant Lewis could see her for a short while . |
| 14 | But she was still in the grip of a puzzling weariness , and she could barely walk by her couch without feeling compelled to drop down on it for a short nap . |
| 15 | Screening was also required near Hill End , at 15 miles 77 chains , where the road from Bishop 's Castle drew close to the railway and ran beside it for a short distance . |
| 16 | Eventually we worked out where the line had been and followed it for a short way up to a demolished bridge . |
| 17 | The task of implementing this change of policy fell on Roger Brown , then editor in succession to Ralph Gee , who had been responsible for the printing of the paper for many years and edited it for a short period . |
| 18 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 19 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 20 | That 's how I think of it : as my home , even though I only see it for a short time every year . |
| 21 | So he wanted more life cover , but he obviously on his old plan could n't sustain that to the same period of time , so he had it for a shorter period of time , the ten years , and when it dropped , he dropped down again . |
| 22 | What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving . |
| 23 | ‘ Lady Isabel will be staying with us for a short time . |