1.   And that is why a brief prayer to St Zeno never goes amiss, when you go fishing with a hook.

2.   He offered a brief prayer for divine guidance.

3.   At midday, six men and women, identified by officers only as relatives, arrived at the site, joined hands and said a brief prayer.

4.   A staff member read two verses of the New Testament and recited a brief prayer.

5.   But each cleanup begins with a brief prayer.

6.   Chaplain, the Rev. Lloyd Ogilvie, held a brief prayer service to calm hoards of nervous tourists.

7.   Cheers and applause broke out as the pontiff, looking tired and frail, was ushered into the ruined church for a brief prayer session.

8.   He said a brief prayer and told the warden he was ready.

9.   It was a brief prayer, just a sentence really.

10.   One by one, the mourners passed the coffin, many saying a brief prayer or kissing the plastic glass that covered the open coffin.