Example sentences of "just a short [noun sg] ago " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The news broke on the wireless just a short while ago . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Even if she said so herself , she was barely recognisable as the young woman who 'd been so distraught just a short while ago . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Further negotiations have taken place and just a short while ago the Abingdon staff began clearing the six-day . |
| 7 | Just a short time ago the German soldiers were retreating through this town , hotly pursued by 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 8 | Just a short time ago the forest was impenetrable … and safe . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Just a short time ago I was no one in particular , then I was n't even that , with no one , no roots . |
| 11 | 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 . |