Example sentences of "for [art] short while " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arthur Price chairman John Price says : ‘ 13/0 certainly looks as bright and as cheerful as 18/8 but after it has been in use for a short while it goes dull and then grey and , after a year or so , stains and pitmarks develop which can not be removed . ’ |
| 2 | If this went well , he could be allowed off the lead to play with his new friend for a short while . |
| 3 | The walk follows a winding road out of Ballycastle for a short while , but it is worth branching off at the sign for Kinbane Castle . |
| 4 | She became , for a short while , my personal manager — we did a radio promotion tour around England on the ‘ Andy Warhol ’ single — but I often had the feeling that they were things that were given to Angie to keep her out of David 's way , to occupy her so that he could sort himself out . |
| 5 | Open every 2–3 days for a short while to avoid a stagnant atmosphere . |
| 6 | You probably do stick to your new regime for a short while . |
| 7 | If you know you can not deal with an upsetting confrontation , try to put it off for a short while until you feel calmer . |
| 8 | Perhaps — it had seemed for a short while — she herself might leave him . |
| 9 | There the Millers may have lived for a short while . |
| 10 | For a short while in 1750–51 Ehret was officially employed as head gardener at the Oxford Botanic Garden , but a difference of opinion with the successor of Dillenius , the autocratic professor , Humphrey Sibthorp , brought about his resignation . |
| 11 | For a short while it was apparently known as ‘ godnose ’ . |
| 12 | Try increasing the pump speed for a short while to shift the blockage , or drain down the system so it can be flushed through and refilled ( see CORROSION-PROOFING AND DESCALING ) . |
| 13 | That it was erected , operated for a short while and then reverted to ignominious dereliction are all true . |
| 14 | The row below dulled and then flickered to life , muted for a short while and then raised into a furious crescendo . |
| 15 | The secretary of the Commission was Geoffrey Cockerill , who had been Private Secretary to Boyle and , for a short while , Crosland . |
| 16 | For a short while ( three months ) the family party remained within the crumbling Electric Circus walls but the talented and the lucky soon matured into pop stars and ambitious writers . |
| 17 | He was strong , crawled about for a short while and walked quite strongly at ten months . |
| 18 | ‘ Only for a short while , Father , ’ the young priest rejoined . |
| 19 | For a short while it 's all sunshine and roses . |
| 20 | For a short while , neither of us was allowed to drive , and that was the first time I 've known Michael to be really downhearted . |
| 21 | He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story . |
| 22 | All went well for a short while , but then his childhood respiratory problems returned . |
| 23 | My main aim was for some relief to the back pain that I had had for many years but , having tried many other so-called ‘ back pain relief techniques ’ , without much success ( some worked for a short while , others not at all or even made the pain worse ) , I was not too optimistic . |
| 24 | For a short while , Bruce 's mind wondered what measure of guilt he bore , for had he not wished the King 's death ? |
| 25 | Solemn and with sullen eyes they kept their regard apart , but for a short while , perhaps inadvertently their gaze crossed over and fixed on the other mounting the hill . |
| 26 | The Congress of Vienna returned Danzig to the Prussians , and for a short while it functioned as the administrative capital of West Prussia , with a corresponding growth in civil servants and officials . |
| 27 | Meryl , in — for a short while , at least . |
| 28 | Afterwards lie down and relax for a short while . |
| 29 | For a short while after it fires , the nerve goes through a refractory period when it will not respond to a nervous stimulus . |
| 30 | For a short while , the threat drove some Sussex labourers to pull free of the restrictive local consciousness and join the mainstream of English social protest in the 1830s . |