Example sentences of "only a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | The neophytes were still growing , and only a good while after they had received their final implant of all — the carapace — would they be able to jack into an armoured suit . |
| 2 | Only a short while later these were accused ( by Schiller amongst others ) of being not worthy of him - ‘ Fit only for the nursery , to use in connection with Noah 's Ark ’ — but the truth is they are irresistible . |
| 3 | The conclusion could hardly be avoided that the Führer , who only a short while before had been speaking so confidently of imminent victory , had been mistaken . |
| 4 | It believes that this ‘ crisis ’ level of interest rates may only may last only a short while but that a ‘ risk premium ’ may remain throughout the life of a Labour government , with adverse implications for growth . |
| 5 | The first raider had been downed only a short while earlier by Archie McKellar , who saw the attacker crash into the Lothians . |
| 6 | So relaxed now ; yet only a short while ago he had been in the depths of despair . |
| 7 | This hospital was apparently established in Knightsbridge in 1778 , but it survived only a short while , Snape having been left in the lurch by noblemen who promised financial support . |
| 8 | I been to New York only a short while back . ’ |
| 9 | Tennyson ; now there , I thought , was one of the really honourable exceptions to the rule , never failing , never fading even in old age , while I , at twenty-seven , could not even finish a lyric that had seemed , only a short while ago , to be moving inevitably towards the final tonic chord . |
| 10 | After only a short while ashore the next day at Vibebukta , we were recalled by the ship 's hooter . |
| 11 | The growing interest of hardware manufacturers in real-time functionality was demonstrated only a short while ago with the Overture Esprit project , which has dedicated itself to developing a real-time operating system for both the production industry and telecommunications services . |
| 12 | It was identified as such only a short while after Delta Cephei itself , and if it had been found a few months earlier the short-period stars would probably have been known as Aquilids rather than Cepheids . |
| 13 | He has arrived only a short while before , but did not question the order that von Keller gave to Lt Rosen and several men of the 10th Company to remain close to the vehicle and to bring it up to the battalion by road . |
| 14 | She talked to him for only a short while and left him a booklet with clear diagrams of the proposed surgery . |
| 15 | Although the aircraft did turn northwards , the flight-data recorder trace showed that the outbound track was held for only a short while . |
| 16 | We finally reached the docks , and waited in the queue for only a short while , which was surprising because of the amount of cars which were there . |
| 17 | McCarthy , the first Western hostage released in Lebanon since the freeing of Brian Keenan in August 1990 [ see p. 37668 ] , had been kidnapped in Beirut on April 17 , 1986 , only a short while after arriving in the city to serve as acting bureau chief for Worldwide Television [ see p. 34458 ] . |
| 18 | I heard him only a short while ago coming out of the bathroom . |
| 19 | Leith was about to state , quite forcefully , that she was there to work , not to flirt with every male who chanced his arm , when suddenly she realised that if he knew she had worked for Vasey 's for only a short while then there was a fair chance either someone from Personnel , or Mr Catham , had given him a brief run-down on each employee before he met them . |
| 20 | Then , recalling that only a short while ago he 'd guessed mockingly — and correctly — at a conventional upbringing , she added , ‘ Though you wo n't find it very exciting . ’ |
| 21 | They had no ration cards for buying food and , in any case , their money would last only a little while . |
| 22 | I 'll be here for only a little while and I prefer to stick to formality . ’ |
| 23 | But now , with only a little while to go before she must join him in the sitting-room , she was starting to have second thoughts about the wisdom of accepting . |