Example sentences of "[vb past] for a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge . |
| 2 | In 1902 he lived for a short period in Clerkenwell , east London . |
| 3 | I realised that that was an absurdity … after the evidence that India could not be part of the same political system , I still believed for a short time that an Empire of positions — that is to say the possession of points of communication around the globe — gave a significance to this country and a tenable and lasting position . |
| 4 | Here is what she wrote : Beware the feline of the sea ; lest might happen to you what happened to me ; When once I booked for a short break stay , I found it impossible to get away — Seacat did not turn up to-day . |
| 5 | Yeah , oh cos that 's when she said Frank , Frank only came for a short while or something ? |
| 6 | Of the students in my time , one has since become an archbishop , John Aung Hla ; another , John Maung Pe became the first bishop of Akyab , and another who came for a short term of study and an even shorter curacy was John Richardson , the saintly schoolteacher , catechist , priest and bishop in turn of Car Nicobar , where under his influence the whole of the island population , including witch doctors , became Christian . |
| 7 | With the Italian press still buzzing with the story of the Grand Canal assault , Denis Law 's brother Joe arrived for a short holiday from Aberdeen . |
| 8 | When Lyall left Upton Park , McGiven served for a short time at Chelsea as youth coach before reforming a partnership in Suffolk . |
| 9 | It was unfortunate that he returned for a short time but this was necessary in order for him to complete training prior to deploying on an operational tour . ’ |
| 10 | They sat down and talked for a short time . |
| 11 | You see the difference there was Thomson pulled for a short ball there and he was ignored . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Educated at Eton and then sent to Europe to improve himself , he worked for a short time in various jobs in ‘ the city ’ before becoming an ADC to the Governor of Australia . |
| 14 | Giles was held in high esteem in America and Europe , especially in Berlin , where he worked for a short time . |
| 15 | She had for a while become a Monotype operator , on one of the " women 's machines " , and also remembers " trying to do imposition " and doing a little display work in one mainly jobbing firm where she worked for a short time . |
| 16 | After leaving the magazine , Caroline worked for a short time in the Cardiff newsroom . |
| 17 | She was by that time too valuable a property to be junked , so they settled for a short suspension and a revised entry in the book . |
| 18 | The next day he and I went for a shorter walk and returned about 6 . |
| 19 | In 1900 he went to St Thomas 's Hospital to study medicine , qualifying in 1906 as MRCS and LRCP , and he then went for a short time to Brompton Hospital and Convalescent Centre . |
| 20 | My mother volunteered to look after the luggage while my father and I went for a short walk . |
| 21 | After that result he disappeared for a short while , but he returned in time to be included in Wilson 's government , initially as Secretary of State for Economic Affairs , a post he held between 1964 and 1966 . |
| 22 | At one school I attended for a short while , very much for ‘ young ladies ’ , the headmistress descended unexpectedly on a class , with a visitor , and found it in uproar . |
| 23 | The following year , in March and April the child was admitted to hospital for an assessment and he was then returned to the open unit from where he again absconded for a short period . |
| 24 | We continued for a short distance before pitching our tents in the boulder strewn tundra now below the elegant , ice-fluted summit of Chonku Chuli . |
| 25 | I slept for a short time but was woken when the coach stopped . |
| 26 | They halted for a short time near midafternoon to rest the horses . |