Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] at short " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were nearly panic stations at Diss as Towerlands ' Andy Cook was forced to drop out because of flu , but Herbert Taylor , the County 's Senior Deputy President , managed to haul in David Baxter at short notice from his own Clacton-on-Sea club . |
| 2 | Trevor stung a little he 's adjusting his thigh pad now rattled in there at the rate of knots , and er Hugh Morris at short leg fielded . |
| 3 | In any case , 2001 marks a turning point both in Kubrick 's own career — it was , indeed , his first colour film , apart from the epic Spartacus ( 1960 ) , an emergency project in which he replaced Anthony Mann at short notice — and in science-fiction movies . |
| 4 | Mark Ramprakash 's unlucky run in Test cricket continued when he was given out caught by the helmeted Asif Mujtaba at short leg in the second innings . |
| 5 | Most of the mothers were nurses who worked in a civilian hospital , but were part-time reservists in the US Army and were posted to Saudi Arabia at short notice in the run-up to the war . |
| 6 | At Queen 's Park , Trinidad in the First ‘ Test ’ contact was proving particularly elusive for Ian Salisbury , causing Clayton Lambert at short leg to comment : ‘ Hey , you man , bowl him a straight one . |
| 7 | Already robbed of Robert Coles and Richard Hussey by Brabazon demands , and others through injury , he had to call up Warley 's Nathan Smith at short notice when David Salisbury dropped out . |
| 8 | There was a surprising amount of turn and lift so early in the year and when Gooch had reached 75 , he gloved a catch to Paul Johnson at short gully . |
| 9 | Mendes rescued a Chichester revival of London Assurance at short notice and turned it into a hit . |
| 10 | Sachin Tendulkar moved quickly on to 19 at which stage the Indian was twice put down , first by Mark Nicholas at short cover and then by David Gower who could not hold on to a hot left-handed chance at second slip , the unlucky bowler on both occasions being Connor . |
| 11 | He needed a Lady Macbeth at short notice and his son Hans had heard Nilsson do the Sleepwalking scene in music college . |