Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Train services on the Esk Valley line were delayed for a short time and the Sprinter train was allowed to continue its journey after it had been examined by experts . |
| 2 | In pursuance of this , 8,000 letters were sent out in 1898 and nearly 3,000 replies were received within a short space of days . |
| 3 | The Leeward Islands had tried to ignore Carlisle 's lieutenant-governor as early as the 1630s , and when the islands became royal colonies in the 1660s they were treated for a short time as separate communities , with each island being regarded as an individual colony . |
| 4 | A set of 32 items meeting these criteria were selected for a short form of the test , and a larger set of 150 items was included in a long form of the test . |
| 5 | After lectures from two British Airways pilots and a clinical psychologist , 80 people were taken for a short flight . |
| 6 | Four Royalist Officers were captured after a short siege . |
| 7 | She was joined for a short time by another dancer back from war service , Alan Carter . |
| 8 | He was clad in a short towelling robe , and his hair was damp , and he was clearly on his way back from taking a shower when , on her way to carry out her own ablutions , she passed him in the sitting-room . |
| 9 | It has also been proposed that breastfeeding may be less satisfactory for infants born after short than after long intervals , owing to the mother 's diminished ability to provide adequate milk , as deduced from the comparatively poor nutritional status of young children in El Salvador whose birth was preceded by a short interval ( Rinehart , 1984 , p. 686 ) . |
| 10 | The EC markets are closely linked , points out the Meat and Livestock Commission , and , although the sudden , sharp fall in UK prices was largely irrespective of other European markets , a similar move in Continental prices was expected within a short time . |
| 11 | This little study , when set in the appropriate context , was turned into a short piece for a local history magazine . |
| 12 | Regalia of such splendour symbolized Catherine 's European standing as a despot , a species which however benevolent it might declare itself was destined for a short life . |
| 13 | It was private property , but was used as a short cut from one street to another . |
| 14 | Once examined , the church was opened for a short time so that the locals could view the remains prior to the coffin being resealed and put back ‘ as near as circumstances would admit , in status quo ’ . |
| 15 | Lady Selvedge allowed herself to be led on to the platform and was introduced in a short speech by Mark , who found himself unable to think of very much to say about her , confused as he was by the talk of ‘ high principles ’ , cocktail parties , and her former husband 's misdeeds which he remembered having with Sophia and Penelope . |
| 16 | Fellow Hurricane PZ865 was grounded for a short while at Coningsby , while the Flight made every effort to meet their appearance commitments . |
| 17 | Much of the higher ground was deer forest and access to it was restricted to a short summer season between the time the snows melted and the shooting season began . |
| 18 | His First from Cambridge was followed by a short career in the Civil Service , commercial experience with IBM , and work with another search firm before he joined John Stork and met and worked with Saxton . |
| 19 | In the meantime , Tramway No. 20 was opened by Croydon Corporation on 14 December 1905 and was worked as a short extension of the South Norwood line . |
| 20 | In patients in whom endoprosthesis was inserted as a short term measure before surgery or a further attempt at endoscopic duct clearance the only complication observed with biliary colic in patients with gall bladders in situ ( four cases ) . |
| 21 | An executive , , was engaged on a short term contract to help get the committee established and to assist in the coordination of a survey jointly commissioned by the Bar Council and the Lord Chancellor 's Department to determine objectively whether discrimination exists against women at the Bar and , if so , the extent of such discrimination . |
| 22 | At its southern end it turned sharply eastwards to cross the street described above , and possibly to link with yet another running south-west from the Tiddington road ; it has been suggested that the latter was constructed as a short cut to Ryknild Street and skirted the southern suburb . |
| 23 | Higham and Jones have argued , on the sole evidence of internal timber buildings , that another fort was constructed after a short interval early in the second century , and that it survived until it was demolished in the late second century ; no contemporary fortifications for it have yet been recorded . |
| 24 | The Advanced Courses Development Programme Central Support Unit was established on a short term basis just over two and a half years ago with the task of co-ordinating the development of the new system of advanced courses . |
| 25 | Kidwelly was established within a short time of the Norman Conquest , and added to by various baronial families during the reign of King Edward I and later . |