Example sentences of "in a very short [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Munich in a very short year we were at war , and by all accounts it was a very different manner of acceptance of war than we are told of the 1914 war . |
| 2 | So in a very short time we were in the air . |
| 3 | The king had his attendants with him , and in a very short time they overpowered and killed Gowrie and his brother , whose bodies were hanged , drawn and quartered , the quarters being displayed at Edinburgh , Perth , Dundee and Stirling . |
| 4 | To her astonishment , he nodded curtly , and in a very short time they arrived at her flat . |
| 5 | In a very short time he heard Mary say , ‘ This is where I found the key … and this is the door … and this … this is the secret garden ! ’ |
| 6 | As a result of the reforms , already in a very short period we see improved services , shortened waiting lists , and so on . |