1.   A weekend in May and the fields full of blossom and the twins a little short of their third birthday.

2.   She was a little short in stature.

3.   An Oxford don who was long on erudition but a little short on everyday nous.

4.   And yet my post-Wimbledon celebration always fell a little short.

5.   As a player his fastball was a little short, his control a little wide.

6.   Bruce sprinted down the right sideline and Warner threw the ball a little short.

7.   But as a team we just came up a little short.

8.   But he realized that even with increased U.S. production the domestic garlic supply would be a little short this year.

9.   But when he decided to start his own company, he moved to Abilene, where he admits the landscape is a little short on oceans and mountains.

10.   But, in an outcome indicative of the way things have gone lately for the Dodgers, Dreifort came up a little short.