Example sentences of "just a [adj] while " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's it , just a wee while , we 're not , we 're not gon na you . |
| 2 | ‘ The news broke on the wireless just a short while ago . |
| 3 | Anyway , as you know , we were almost brought up in the same bassinet , and , as I made out to Mama just a short while ago , if Isobel had to choose between the horse and me , the horse would come out best . ’ |
| 4 | This all calls for a fundamental re-think of your playing style , but one that is not impossible to master in just a short while . |
| 5 | Just a short while . ’ |
| 6 | She snuggled down beneath the duvet , desperately trying not to think that just a short while ago it had been wrapped round his powerful body , but as she turned her face into the pillow she was all but overwhelmed by the scent of him — a clean , heady , masculine smell that owed nothing to any kind of artificial fragrance . |
| 7 | Even if she said so herself , she was barely recognisable as the young woman who 'd been so distraught just a short while ago . |
| 8 | Just a short while ago she had thought that nothing could increase the feeling of dread that Andrew had left behind him in the drawing-room . |
| 9 | Just a short while Bobby read for twenty minutes or something . |
| 10 | Further negotiations have taken place and just a short while ago the Abingdon staff began clearing the six-day . |
| 11 | Will you kiss me , or will you be unkind just a little while ? |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll have to wait just a little while , Monsieur Gravellier , ’ one had said . |
| 13 | ‘ Just a little while ago you asked if humans ever gave up , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I was awake for just a little while and I could tell — ’ |
| 15 | I think I need to put the immersion on for just a little while . |
| 16 | I 've just had one just a little while back |