Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] a short [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And notwithstanding the invariable belief of these coaches that their own programme-of-the-moment is writ large on a tablet just descended from Heaven , there are no absolutes about which kind of exercises are best to get you fit over a short period of time . |
| 2 | For a senior job it should not be regarded as a burden to see 12 people and then draw up a short list of three or four . |
| 3 | As we live only a short distance from the Thames , we have to keep a net over the pond , as two years ago we lost 18 fish to a heron . |
| 4 | From the oriental gateways of Gerrard Street signposts mark out a short walk past the plethora of sex shops to Berwick Street where , on the corner , the Man Fu Kung fast food restaurant signals the last outpost of Chinese Soho . |
| 5 | If the ERM continues to impose on this country an unemployment rate 750,000 above what it would otherwise be — and that is the average for Europe — we have only a short time before the racist and neo-fascist plague descends on us also — which is why launching the Anti-Racist Alliance was so urgent . |