Example sentences of "[adv prt] for short " in BNC.
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| 1 | The awesomely powerful heating and ventilation system makes another jet-like roar , but it works so well that you only need it on for short bursts . |
| 2 | two small seats for children are fitted in the back , and an adult , sitting sideways , could be packed in for short trips … |
| 3 | ‘ She was going off for short stays at the Home , and then every weekend to give me a break . |
| 4 | Anyway when the time came to , to , to stop off for short time everybody had had their turn except the union president and myself and he came to me this foreman and he said er , now John I do n't want you to think what happened between me and you will make any difference about being sent back for . |
| 5 | It is a good idea to take a young dog out for short drives before it has completed its course of inoculations . |
| 6 | They should be encouraged to be out for short walks from the second week after they arrive home . |
| 7 | Under these schemes , which had first been developed in the 1970s as a means of raising capital from the private sector for new development , for example , on office and shopping complexes ( i.e. as a means of avoiding constraints on capital spending ) , council property was sold on a long lease to another agency and then leased back for shorter periods until the long lease expired . |