Example sentences of "took a short " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took a short break , and when I came back , I went round the local job centres to see what was going . |
| 2 | I saw his grave when I took a short cut through the churchyard — a modest , friendly , even jolly little grave , where in summer moon-daisies and red clover grew , and quaking grass which little children call shivery-shakes . |
| 3 | She took a short cut along the prom . |
| 4 | Our boat took a short stop-over at one of the unlikely floating islands of Uros . |
| 5 | ‘ I was in Florida , looking for better ideas of shooting landscape and took a short plane ride . |
| 6 | Each time he scrambled out , took a short rest , and set out again for the next refuge . |
| 7 | The shots had sounded from the hills somewhere to the north , and rather than wasting time on the main path that rose with the gentle contours of the valley , we took a short cut up the steep , almost sheer , cliff behind the houses . |
| 8 | She had a natural restraint , unlike my father who , one Sunday night on his way back from chapel , took a short cut over some rough ground and broke his ankle . |
| 9 | The friends laughed and squealed with delight as they took a short boat trip to see the crocodiles and hippos that live on the lake . |
| 10 | She died because she took a short cut across waste ground even though she knew that the murderer was at large in that area . |
| 11 | SHE took a short cut across the fairway from her £1,000-a-week rented house backing on to the Wentworth course in Surrey minutes before HE arrived to head a charity tournament . |
| 12 | Although there 's a trail , walking up in the sunshine would be quite unpleasant , so we took a short ride on the incline railway to a more acceptable horizontal trail . |
| 13 | It then took a short break . |
| 14 | Eventually he took a short lease on a much smaller house in Upper Brook Street . |
| 15 | Schmidt took a short step backwards , then his legs went as if someone had pulled a string . |
| 16 | W. Dunlop , farmer of Knockdon for the past twelve years , left Bridgend after a market and took a short cut across the sands of Lochindaal and was drowned . |
| 17 | When the trucks paused while negotiating a particularly tricky turn , and Rain recognized where they were and that it was a good place to be , they climbed out and took a short route out of the old town and back to the hotel . |
| 18 | Trying to get out of the traffic jam , I took a short cut down a back lane but found that it was blocked by a large wedding tent helpfully erected across the full width of the road . |
| 19 | We then took a short cut through some alleyways . |
| 20 | If you must know — Silas and I took a short walk along the track — ’ |
| 21 | After 48 minutes Wallace took a short corner to Stephen Beattie who floated a beautiful cross for Morrow to glance home into the far corner . |
| 22 | As the sun began to set over Auckland they took a short flight on a tiny seaplane , and the gold light enhanced the aerial view of Auckland as the lights began to come on in white wood houses , skyscrapers , hotels . |
| 23 | He was walking back from a Didcot Pub , when a gang set upon him as he took a short cut across a railway footbridge . |
| 24 | She points out that after battling against the booze for some years it only took a short relapse to destroy much of what she 'd worked for . |
| 25 | Just cut , took a short cut . |
| 26 | The safety mattress took a shorter time to reach a lower maximum temperature — 84°C — and formed only 50–3 cubic metres of smoke . |
| 27 | Theo took a shorter journey - to Wormwood Scrubs , where he did four months ' hard labour . |
| 28 | I took a shorter way than Sapt and when I reached the moat , I hid my horse in the trees , tied my rope round a strong tree and let myself down into the water . |