Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] short [noun sg] " 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 I 've heard also of courses of injections which remove it in the short term but result in a worse incidence of cellulite after the treatment has worn off .
4 What had happened to destroy so utterly the Paradise Restored of Thomas Baskerville , the neat town of Celia Fiennes , the exquisite spot of Charles Deering , to destroy it in the short space of three generations ?
5 I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time .
6 This had covered the blotter so that he had really only seen it for a short time .
7 Apple Computer Inc chairman and chief executive officer John Sculley 's name has made it to the short list to be Secretary of Commerce in the Clinton Administration : if he takes the cabinet post , Apple 's likely to look outside for a replacement .
8 He dropped us in a short street which led to the entrance to the Taj .
9 The Christian communicators ' awareness of the essential role of the Holy Spirit does not provide them with a short cut to achieve instant impact .
10 My father went mad and I think he actually hated me for a short while .
11 Yes , said Sister , Mrs Downes had been remarkably lucky , really ; and , yes , Sergeant Lewis could see her for a short while .
12 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 .
13 Tie it to a short stick and use it as a badminton racquet .
14 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 .
15 David followed her up the short path between the borders of spring flowers .
16 Eventually we worked out where the line had been and followed it for a short way up to a demolished bridge .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 He and took me on a short sight-seeing trip to the Qutab Minar .
20 She took them by a short cut to the Weinbaum Canal .
21 These will protect you for a short time against tetanus .
22 ‘ Marcus keep you on a short leash , does he ?
23 stopped people carrying things through the Temple , using it as a short cut .
24 Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years .
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 Pilot Stephen Grey was unhurt apart from a minor neck injury which hospitalised him for a short period .
29 ‘ I take it it 's the kitchen , then ? ’ he said , following her along the short hall .
30 Corbett entrusted him with a short letter in which he asked the King to supply simple answers to what Corbett considered simple questions .
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