Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] [art] short time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But since she 'd considered herself relatively fit , she was disconcerted when her muscles began aching after just a short time . |
| 2 | Lonsdale 's history of women poets through the century allows them to be understood against developments in the poetry written by men whose dominance of fashion was challenged for only a short time toward the end of the period . |
| 3 | This adds a bit of fun to the proceedings , but the same questions crop up repetitively , so its quite easy to cheat by remembering the answers after playing for only a short time . |
| 4 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 5 | This has been attempted with some success using the gene for human factor IX , though synthesis continues for only a short time , and immune response in the mouse receipients proved a problem . |
| 6 | Why does the snow settle for only a short time on the north west coast ? |
| 7 | Full employment , competition between employers for labour and high levels of labour turnover might mean that many people are working for only a short time in any particular job . |
| 8 | Sachs therefore concluded that the syntax of sentences is held for only a short time , after which only their meaning is retained . |