1. They shortchanged me ten cents.

2. The cashier made a mistake and short-changed him.

3. I think I was short-changed in the pub last night, because I've only got £5 in my purse when I should have £10.

4. I think I've been short-changed at the bar.

5. I was shortchanged 10 dollars to pay.

6. Women are in fact still being short-changed in the press.

7. She complained he had short-changed her, but it was only a matter of a few pence.

8. America is short-changing half its young adults by treating those who don't attend college as failures.

9. They ignore offensive linemen and shortchange defensive brilliance.

10. During that time, another generation of schoolchildren has been tragically shortchanged.

11. Like other Southerners, Atlantans felt shortchanged when Northern capitalists transformed cheap Southern raw materials into manufactured goods.

12. However, no amount of maracas and twangy guitars can eliminate the sense of having been shortchanged.

13. Fans felt they had been short-changed when the band only played for half an hour.

14. Mothers and single women, in particular, short-change their contributions around the house, it said.

15. Children who leave school unable to read and write properly are being tragically short-changed.

16. When the band only played for 15 minutes the fans felt they had been short-changed.

17. And recent events suggest that nonconformist borrowers are still being short-changed.

18. As there was little or no advance warning, those people who had paid for entertainment until 2am understandably felt short-changed.

19. Rugby supporters, who are as much licence-payers as are aficionados of ballroom dancing, have, I think, been short-changed.

20. Producers may favour one-man shows for economic reasons, but that doesn't in itself mean that the audience is being short-changed.

21. Most people in today's fast-paced world think that they can short-change the energy recovery process.

22. The American military machine is under intense strain. The demands of tackling the Iraq insurgency have forced America to short-change Afghanistan.