Example sentences of "[be] for a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These maxims , many of them reflecting nothing more than common sense , and taken from the recorded experience of the past , were to be found mainly in two works : the Facta et dicta memorabilia of Valerius Maximus , written in the first century AD , and the Stratagemata of Frontinus , composed in the same century by a man who had been for a short while Roman governor of Britain . |
| 2 | Because it would only be for a short time , Lucien 's parents had decided it would not be a religious transgression for his aunt Pershti , his mother 's lover , to look after him . |
| 3 | James 's original idea was for a short sea crossing from Ambleteuse near Calais , where he had landed at the start of his exile , and from here he proposed a descent on Kent . |
| 4 | He was for a short while editor of Truth . |
| 5 | Relevant factors included ( 1 ) the hirer 's lack of expertise in the plant hire business ; ( 2 ) that the contract was arranged at short notice and was for a short period of hire ; it was therefore difficult for the plaintiff hirers to arrange insurance cover ; ( 3 ) that the clause was not the subject of negotiation ; ( 4 ) that the hirers had little or no control over the way the driver did his job . |
| 6 | I was for a short time privileged to share in the joy and vitality and the oneness with Almighty God in his Luo people ( Anne Marie will gladly give a talk and show slides to any interested groups in the North West . |
| 7 | This was for a short time only ; I had suffered a significant loss , but not a life-threatening or total one . |
| 8 | Pain entered my left arm and was for a short time , half a minute or so , quite hurtful . |
| 9 | The plan was for a short gathering , possibly not more than a month long , which would reassert the unity of the Church and its authority in matters of the faith . |