Example sentences of "[noun sg] for 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 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Young graduates , like Mason and possibly Pollett , might take the position for a short time and then move on to better posts . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Employees may try working at the new location for a short time and then decide not to continue . |
| 7 | 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 . |