Example sentences of "[art] short time [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short time ago we spoke to the presenter . |
| 2 | Just a short time ago I was no one in particular , then I was n't even that , with no one , no roots . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Only a short time ago she had been as physically intimate with him as it was possible for a man and woman to be . |
| 5 | Then a short time ago she came to Edward in a great state . ’ |
| 6 | A short time later they were sitting round the table . |
| 7 | A short time later they were making their way along the road that led beyond the property , and had not travelled far before Silas turned the minibus along a side-road that led towards the boundary . |
| 8 | A short time later they went out to where a bay gelding and a grey mare were tethered and , after instructing her concerning the correct side to mount , he gave her a leg up . |
| 9 | They did not stay long , because her drowsiness began to increase , and a short time later they left to go in search of Women 's Surgical , where Stella greeted them with pleased surprise . |
| 10 | A short time later he could n't prevent himself from asking whether she did n't love him just a little . |
| 11 | Silas began his routine of making sure that the shearers ' quarters were being left in perfect order , and a short time later he spoke to Lucy . |
| 12 | A short time later he sat back and expressed his appreciation . |
| 13 | A short time later it had a change of heart , however , and indicted the publisher-cum-bookseller Edmund Curll for selling Venus in the Cloister , or the Nun in her Smock which was a spicy tale of lesbian nuns , first published in France in 1682 . |
| 14 | So it was a short time later she found herself under the hard eyes of Sister Mary , the large nun she remembered from last night , and her very hard hand . |
| 15 | A short time later she heard him drive away . |