Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a short " in BNC.

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1 The fiery blast killed everyone on deck instantly , with the single exception of the captain , who lived on for a short time before becoming unconscious and falling overboard .
2 45133 and 50015 will then move on for a short period to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before returning to Butterley .
3 Colleagues , it 's approximately four twenty five , what I propose to do is to go on for a short period and to take in the resolutions on the , on your erm Maastricht erm and then we 'll have a look at the time , but I think we should be able to get those in within a , a relatively short period of time .
4 So far so good : then you select a soiled dish , collect some scraps from the garbage , and settle down for a short wait .
5 He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while , and we reconstructed the story .
6 I popped in for a short while to the Scottish Gallery in Cork Street , to see the most recent sculptures by Gerald Laing .
7 I came over for a short visit when my parents first moved here … ’
8 If you know you can not deal with an upsetting confrontation , try to put it off for a short while until you feel calmer .
9 One pauper was locked up for a short time and when let out he was very quiet and all of them have been so since . ’
10 As she warmed up for a short recital in the prison 's dining hall , Evelyn said : ‘ Music is incredible medicine for every human being in some sort of way or another .
11 I go back to the car , thinking maybe Mr Azul 's only out for a short while .
12 ‘ Mrs Giraud has asked us to tell you that she had to step out for a short while , but to make yourself at home , ’ the receptionist had informed her .
13 with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night !
14 ‘ But I do n't think any of my companies are going to collapse simply because I 'm not around for a short time .
15 He was strong , crawled about for a short while and walked quite strongly at ten months .
16 She did that for half an hour and he only came round for a short time .
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