Example sentences of "he [vb past] a short [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He experienced a short moment of panic . |
| 2 | The affair did not last long , but he got a short story out of it . |
| 3 | He used a short position of 1905 contracts in his arbitrage . |
| 4 | In 1640 he was given the minor office of master of the Posts , but did not retain it beyond 1641 , at the end of which year he suffered a short spell of prison for alleged defiance of a parliamentary order . |
| 5 | He climbed a short distance up the curve of the dome , then his feet lost their purchase and he began to slide back down again . |
| 6 | He financed a short film , The Space Movie , in which Oldfield 's music was set to footage from the American space programme . |
| 7 | He asked us to stay by the door while he walked a short way down his garden . |
| 8 | After leaving school he spent a short time in his father 's office . |
| 9 | He spent a short time in Paris , studying French surgical methods , and then returned to Liverpool and joined his father 's practice in 1858 . |
| 10 | He spent a short time in conversation with Iris , who looked at him in a way that made Melissa want to shake her . |
| 11 | Accommodatingly , he recorded a short speech for me to learn phonetically . |
| 12 | Eventually " Cocky " agreed with the proviso that he undertook a short course at Warboys on the Mossie before he attempted what was known as the Cheshire low-level marking technique . |
| 13 | Eventually he took a short lease on a much smaller house in Upper Brook Street . |
| 14 | He was walking back from a Didcot Pub , when a gang set upon him as he took a short cut across a railway footbridge . |
| 15 | He died a short time later . |
| 16 | Yes er he eventually er I in fact spoke to a Detective Inspector er at the police station er he informed me that er Detective Constable had a good knowledge of these persons and I therefore instructed that er D C make contact with me which he did a short time later that evening . |
| 17 | He gave a short video presentation of the Hall and the facilities . |
| 18 | He gave a short laugh . |
| 19 | When she finished he gave a short laugh and bowed his head . |
| 20 | He gave a short laugh . |
| 21 | He gave a short laugh , twisting back from her to lift her chin , inspect her shattered face . |
| 22 | His warm hands moved smoothly over her shoulders and he gave a short laugh . |
| 23 | He gave a short laugh . |
| 24 | He gave a short laugh . |
| 25 | He gave a short laugh , as hollow as his voice . |
| 26 | He gave a short laugh . |
| 27 | He gave a short laugh . |
| 28 | He gave a short laugh that sounded genuinely amused . |
| 29 | He gave a short laugh . |
| 30 | He gave a short laugh . |