Sentence examples for there were short from inspiring English sources

Between movements of Haydn there were short periods of silence during which images scrolled by on the side screens of engravings by Rembrandt, Dürer, and Hieronymus and Antonius II Wierix.

The stark warning came from Lieutenant General David Richards, head of Nato's international security force in Afghanistan, who warned that western forces there were short of equipment and were "running out of time" if they were going to meet the expectations of the Afghan people.

The intervals between regurgitation of the cud also varied, and at times there were short intervals during which no chewing movements were recorded because of other activities such as pushing feed around in the manger.

Otherwise, there were short skirts.

There were short people, tall people, slender people, chubby people, all united by their headwear.

There were short bursts of automatic rifle fire punctuated by grenade blasts.

Attempts to establish a cotton industry there were short-lived, but following mechanization of the spinning and weaving of linen, Belfast became one of the greatest linen centres in the world.

There were short-handed goals -- one for each team.

There were short-lived demonstrations against the visa requirement outside the Russian Embassy here.

There were short-board, long-board and bodyboard divisions and a beginners division.

Duval and Furceri said there were short- and medium-term benefits to reforms of product markets.