Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a short time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The work had dropped off yeah , and then I were on the , on the labour for a short time and erm then I got a job next door to where I lived , straight next door . |
| 2 | Tim Holton said : ‘ We have achieved a great deal in a short time but there is still a long way to go . |
| 3 | Then he went erm into the Navy for a short time and for some unknown reason he managed to get out of the Navy and came as Mr 's Personal Assistant and erm one of his jobs was to erm get these pe children sorted out and I used to write no end of letters for him to erm places like erm Ilford and Wanstead and mainly the northern suburbs of London erm about certain children who had been attending central schools which were something , which were something that erm East Suffolk could n't offer and erm trying to decide whether they ought to go to grammar school or one of the area schools as they we then were |
| 4 | Fredrick taught his brother his technique in a short time and the two brothers worked side by side , often having long discussions about the technique , modifying it as they went along . |
| 5 | A landscape of open moorland , for example , will revert to scrub woodland in a short time if grazing and heather burning are restricted . |
| 6 | Shildon had made remarkable progress in a short time but needed help as he was trying to do his normal work for the business section at the same time . |
| 7 | As usual the author traces the history of the stations from their earliest days , 1891 in the case of Pwllheli , and has located some early photographs including one of the unusual ‘ tubular ’ lifeboat which served at this station on the Lleyn Peninsula for a short time after it was first opened . |
| 8 | We had no knowledge of General Miles ' army until a short time before he made a charge upon us , cutting our camp in two , and capturing nearly all of the horses . |
| 9 | Now , now it would 've been easier for you , the , the part that you missed out which would have brought all that in to play would have been how much do you want to pay , do you wan na pay a , a small amount over a long time or a big amount over a short time and then that would 've brought that into play . |
| 10 | Young graduates , like Mason and possibly Pollett , might take the position for a short time and then move on to better posts . |
| 11 | If we have only been on cover for a short time and it is clear that the majority of the damage occurred before we came on cover , the claim should be referred to the previous insurers . |
| 12 | Employees may try working at the new location for a short time and then decide not to continue . |
| 13 | When his bastard turned out to be studious , the boy was accepted into the English bachelor 's house for a short time before he was shipped off to prep school and public school in his father 's country . |