Example sentences of "short time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he went on to tell them that the shortest time they kept pupils was for two years but that usually they tried to move people back into mainstream at the time for transfer to middle/upper school . |
| 2 | The shortest time we had one last was three days . |
| 3 | ‘ Filmophone ’ records were made of various colours of plastic , and had low surface-noise combined with great ruggedness ; but within a short time they warped so badly that they were unplayable . |
| 4 | For a short time they began to lead normal , fun-loving lives . |
| 5 | The king had his attendants with him , and in a very short time they overpowered and killed Gowrie and his brother , whose bodies were hanged , drawn and quartered , the quarters being displayed at Edinburgh , Perth , Dundee and Stirling . |
| 6 | However , in the short time they flourished , they had an enormous impact , not so much on the towns they joined but on the countryside through which they passed . |
| 7 | But again they were probably making use of much older tracks evolved for very different purposes For a short time they were important . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Julia , who had come to understand a little of Allegra Wallington 's character in the short time they had spent together , was as anxious as David to prevent that happening . |
| 10 | To her astonishment , he nodded curtly , and in a very short time they arrived at her flat . |
| 11 | ‘ You shall have both , ’ he promised , and within a very short time they were back in the blissfully cool hotel . |
| 12 | One thing she 'd learned from Ace in the short time they 'd been together was to be quick on her feet . |
| 13 | She hurried outside and hastily picked a bunch of them , and within a short time they were making a pleasing addition to the table . |
| 14 | They were each offered a can of cold beer from a coolbox , and within a short time they were lining up at the barbecue , a plate in hand . |
| 15 | It was surprising , she thought , how well the local people seemed to have accepted Joanna and herself , considering the short time they had been there . |
| 16 | For a short time we got on without much difficulty , but we were soon obliged to have recourse to our hands and knees , and clamber thus from one crag to another . |
| 17 | Within a short time we had nine staff working full- and part-time . |
| 18 | After a very short time we all felt a horrible feeling of being watched and an intangible atmosphere of dread and doom . |
| 19 | In a short time we were thoroughly drenched and landed in Jura among what felt like " buckets of water . " |
| 20 | And that , in spite of the short time we have known each other , would not be true … ’ |
| 21 | I had hope to find a single sponsor , but this has not proved possible in the short time we 've had . |
| 22 | A great girl and we were very happy for the short time we had . ’ |
| 23 | So in a very short time we were in the air . |
| 24 | It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight . |
| 25 | In the short time we have been presenting Craft and Design in Heriot 's we have already established a reputation for outstanding work and last Session one of our pupils won first prize in the Edinburgh and District Rotary Club Design Competition . |
| 26 | She could not convince me at the time that anything bad could happen , now that I had finally ‘ solved ’ my eating problems , and for a short time I felt jubilant , relieved and ecstatic . |
| 27 | For just a short time I had become a part of the village community on a day that ‘ introduces everybody to everybody else ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 29 | The following account summarizes the factual information I obtained about the prison , as well as the general impressions I gained during the necessarily short time I was able to spend inside it . |
| 30 | For a short time I was completely clammed up with Marian because I had never been allowed to talk about myself with my wife . |