Example sentences of "[verb] a short [noun sg] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only sold a short while ago , and the family were hoping to move to this house in Eynsham , but the sale fell through . |
| 2 | The rain had stopped a short while ago and once more the sun was burning up the atmosphere . |
| 3 | Does the Prime Minister recall saying a short time ago in his personal statement — in this document from the Conservative party — that ’ if ’ Government ’ borrowing takes the strain , taxes have to go up ’ |
| 4 | In the Coca Cola Cup third round replay as we were hearing a short while ago from , third division Shrewsbury Town one , Blackburn Rovers one , for Rovers after six , the equalizer on twenty . |
| 5 | The right hon. Gentleman spoke a short while ago of consistency and clarity . |
| 6 | But it is n't easy we have a lot , what complaints we get bearing in mind what I said a short while ago , what complaints we get now are very much biased towards defects in street lighting systems provided currently here and there in Suffolk , so I 'm conscious of this , we are working with the Eastern Electricity Board on an improved maintenance contract whereby certain benefits , and one of them is immediacy of response to repair work will be I hope put forward , very conscious of it indeed so and er we are struggling with what the , the basic cause of it all of course is the , the , the quality of some of our street light and equipment here and there throughout Suffolk is old or very out of date and even run down indicator procedure , so we have got a large real programme as well as repairing ones already there . |
| 7 | Police said a short time ago that a thirty one year old local man had been arrested . |