Example sentences of "just a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Just a short while . ’ |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | Even if she said so herself , she was barely recognisable as the young woman who 'd been so distraught just a short while ago . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | Just a short while Bobby read for twenty minutes or something . |
| 37 | Further negotiations have taken place and just a short while ago the Abingdon staff began clearing the six-day . |
| 38 | It really is splendid , an easy walk with just a short ascent to reach the beginning of the ridge . |
| 39 | Just next door is our main base in Bodrum , the Angora I and II , and the dynamic Halikarnas disco is just a short stroll away . |
| 40 | This is a lovely , elegant hotel on the lakeside promenade , just a short stroll from the centre of Garda . |
| 41 | On Columbus Avenue near the waterfront and just a short stroll from Pier 39 and Ghiradelli Square , the friendly Fisherman 's Wharf is a medium-sized hotel within easy walking distance of many of San Francisco 's major attractions . |
| 42 | Usually it 's just a short clip , one attitude , an advertisement only . |
| 43 | ‘ Just a short sprint leaves you struggling for breath , ’ said the younger Stewart , on his first tour with England . |
| 44 | Most flower for just a short season and usually have white , pink or red blooms . |
| 45 | Just a short time ago the German soldiers were retreating through this town , hotly pursued by 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 46 | Just a short time ago the forest was impenetrable … and safe . |
| 47 | For just a short time I had become a part of the village community on a day that ‘ introduces everybody to everybody else ’ . |
| 48 | But since she 'd considered herself relatively fit , she was disconcerted when her muscles began aching after just a short time . |
| 49 | The ballroom had been thrown wide to accommodate the funeral guests , and Mrs Diggory was busy serving refreshments to the gentlemen who had just a short time since returned from the graveside of the deceased Lady Merchiston . |
| 50 | Now , just a short time after the ‘ Currency , Economic and Social Union ’ , almost 20 per cent of the workforce is unemployed or in a desperate situation as a result of the imposition of short-time working . |
| 51 | Typically , the Government have had the courage to concede by implication that they have lost confidence in what they legislated for so confidently just a short time ago . |
| 52 | Just a short time ago I was no one in particular , then I was n't even that , with no one , no roots . |
| 53 | The sixty-two year old man 's body was discovered just a short time after he went missing from his ward . |
| 54 | Now even Kalim Siddiqui is saying let's forgive and forget , when just a short time ago he was wanting me murdered , deported to Tehran , whatever would spill my blood . |
| 55 | Situated just a short walk from the centre of the resort , the Astoria is adjacent to Riva 's tennis and sports complex . |
| 56 | Leogang 's railway station is just a short walk from the village if you like to organise your own excursions . |
| 57 | And , of course , all the daytime activities and evening entertainments of Cala Mesquida Village are yours to enjoy just a short walk away . |
| 58 | It 's just a short walk from the Jorvik Centre , so make it part of your visit to historic York . |
| 59 | In a fashionable area now known as Brompton Cross ( just a short walk from Harrods , Joseph and The Conran Shop ) , Linda and Neville Codling run Eastern Accents which they founded nine years ago on their return from the Far East . |
| 60 | The walk starts from the canal basin in Aylesbury — easily accessible , it 's just a short walk from the railway station , the bus station and several car parks . |