Example sentences of "[noun] just a short [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one place in Britain has become inextricably associated with the unpleasant side of the nuclear industry , it is the giant complex of reactors and waste handling facilities on the Cumbrian coast just a short drive away from the Lake District . |
| 2 | He had a good knowledge of Scotland , particularly the bagpipes , and I am sure if I had offered to go along to Brigade HQ to fetch my bagpipes he would have had me marching up and down the orchard playing his favourite tunes , much to the consternation of the other Commandos , and possibly the annoyance of the Germans just a short distance away . |
| 3 | Sports enthusiasts do n't lack for activities with Silverstone Race Track and the Delapre Golf Complex being amongst a host of activities and leisure pursuits just a short drive away . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Wounded were being brought out from the orchard at the back of the farm which was being subjected to unusually heavy mortaring from the German positions just a short distance across the fields . |
| 6 | ‘ He was sitting by the water of Biscayne Bay just a short distance from the set . |
| 7 | ‘ The news broke on the wireless just a short while ago . |
| 8 | So I flipped some cattle from the farm of and right between Egilsay and Rousay just a short distance , oh maybe a quarter of a miles or thereby , and oh did the shipping perfectly well and and went home and by the time I got home the message had arrived back before me that the there were two old cattle among the younger ones that the fellow had put there just to feed up and the last we saw of them was going up over the island and that was okay we thought everything was okay . |
| 9 | The M1 is only 8 miles away and Leeds-Bradford airport just a short drive . |
| 10 | A modern city centre hotel just a short walk from New Street Station . |
| 11 | As I crouched down in the trench I thought of the French family just a short distance away from us . |