Example sentences of "[noun sg] a short time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was just 76 votes short of the quota in the Oldpark Ward on the first count , but won his place a short time later . |
| 2 | It had been suggested that the Regulations did not apply if a business purchaser arranged with the buyer to sack employees in the business a short time before it was sold . |
| 3 | If the first retailer has only been in business a short time before the second retailer opens his store then it is unlikely that anything can be done . |
| 4 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 5 | The vehicle was hijacked in the Shankill area a short time before the shooting and later abandoned at Slieveban Drive , Andersonstown . |
| 6 | Labour 's Frank Cook predicted the North Tees Hospital Trust , which comes into effect next Wednesday ‘ despite opposition from medical and ancillary staff as well as the general public ’ will be brought back under local control a short time after the General Election . |
| 7 | I know that the hon. Gentleman tabled an early-day motion on the subject a short time ago . |
| 8 | It should be remembered , of course , that quite often a man who deserted would rejoin the same army a short time later in a different unit , perhaps under another name , to gain a new enlistment bounty . |
| 9 | Two Catholic workmen lay dead , two more died in hospital a short time later , and another was seriously injured . |
| 10 | Robert Gerard Dalrymple ( 58 ) , a father of six , from Church Road , Rasharkin , died in hospital a short time after the incident . |
| 11 | All these species are common migrants which appear in Shetland every year , and I could n't help wondering if any of those we were hearing and seeing may have been feeding in the bushes in my garden a short time before … |
| 12 | Conversely , warm weather , convivial surroundings and sexual activity a short time before measurement will all temporarily increase the resting size of the organ . |
| 13 | They left in the utility a short time after darkness had fallen , and although little was said as they drove along the narrow , rough country road , Lucy felt that the silences between them were companionable . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm offering ye a fiver a short time . ’ |