Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] a short [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They made another turn , and another , bringing them in a short time to Southwark Bridge . |
| 2 | They provide you with a short summary of the context to help you assess the tone of the extract . |
| 3 | Mr John Rennilson , the county planning officer , said : ‘ Unless we can achieve something in a short time the inevitable will happen on March 31 . ’ |
| 4 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 5 | This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time . |
| 6 | He dropped us in a short street which led to the entrance to the Taj . |
| 7 | The Christian communicators ' awareness of the essential role of the Holy Spirit does not provide them with a short cut to achieve instant impact . |
| 8 | My father went mad and I think he actually hated me for a short while . |
| 9 | Yes , said Sister , Mrs Downes had been remarkably lucky , really ; and , yes , Sergeant Lewis could see her for a short while . |
| 10 | To keep the look simple , we teamed it with a short cotton knit skirt , £36 , SML , from Fenn Wright & Manson , but it would look equally good with jeans or leggings . |
| 11 | Tie it to a short stick and use it as a badminton racquet . |
| 12 | A young man went downstairs early one morning wearing nothing but a short nightgown . |
| 13 | A ferry then takes you on a short trip across the Camel Estuary to a well deserved cream tea at Padstow , and your journey 's end . |
| 14 | What gives you this impression ? 6 The teacher set them to do something in a short time . |
| 15 | Eventually we worked out where the line had been and followed it for a short way up to a demolished bridge . |
| 16 | As he snipped several inches off the length of Aimee 's hair , he pointed out why he encourages all his clients who have fine hair to keep it in a short style — or at least above their shoulders . |
| 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 | He and took me on a short sight-seeing trip to the Qutab Minar . |
| 19 | She took them by a short cut to the Weinbaum Canal . |
| 20 | These will protect you for a short time against tetanus . |
| 21 | ‘ Marcus keep you on a short leash , does he ? |
| 22 | She treated herself to a short cackle . |
| 23 | stopped people carrying things through the Temple , using it as a short cut . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | It is more important for them to defer their childbearing and to compress it into a short space of time in their married life . |
| 26 | ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’ |
| 27 | Samuel begged the company 's indulgence as chairman elect to entertain them with a short piece in Sir Thomas 's absence . |
| 28 | . The other ideal , which I have n't got round to doing would be to try and appoint somebody on a short term basis . |
| 29 | Pilot Stephen Grey was unhurt apart from a minor neck injury which hospitalised him for a short period . |
| 30 | Corbett entrusted him with a short letter in which he asked the King to supply simple answers to what Corbett considered simple questions . |