Example sentences of "[prep] a short time [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a short time it was clear that Sir Henry had fallen deeply in love with the beautiful Miss Stapleton . |
| 2 | But again they were probably making use of much older tracks evolved for very different purposes For a short time they were important . |
| 3 | All we can say is that assurances were given , and that for a short time they were accepted as having been given in good faith ; but they were not honoured . |
| 4 | Sometimes an observant parent will notice something that will give us a clue ; after a child recovers from one of those high fevers that ‘ lay it very low ’ for a short time it is sometimes seen that the child is more ‘ well ’ than before it became ‘ ill ’ , provided the illness has not been inappropriately treated or interfered with in some way . |
| 5 | Whatever his standing with Catholics ( and for a short time it was high ) , he was set on a collision course with the representatives of traditional unionism and with no representative more so than Ian R. K. Paisley . |
| 6 | For a short time he was buried at Cambridge at the Military Cemetery , but since then I 've checked and he has been sent , his body sent back home . |
| 7 | For a short time I was completely clammed up with Marian because I had never been allowed to talk about myself with my wife . |
| 8 | She hurried outside and hastily picked a bunch of them , and within a short time they were making a pleasing addition to the table . |
| 9 | They were each offered a can of cold beer from a coolbox , and within a short time they were lining up at the barbecue , a plate in hand . |
| 10 | Within a short time she was sitting only for Dante Gabriel Rossetti [ q.v . ] . |
| 11 | In a short time we were thoroughly drenched and landed in Jura among what felt like " buckets of water . " |
| 12 | In a short time he was going to get very sick . |