Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [art] short time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He died of a stroke only a short time after Mamma left him . ’ |
| 2 | Post-interviews with the individual pupils should take place either a short time after the end of the teaching episode , or ( less favourably ) at the end of the lesson . |
| 3 | Radio was , as we have seen , put under direct Government control only a short time after independence . |
| 4 | The wet plaster smell and the white dust on the cobbles underfoot indicated that rubble had been cleared from the yard only a short time before . |
| 5 | The ‘ Illustrious ’ had been subjected to vicious bombing only a short time previously , and the defending fighters had been battered by swarms of Me109s and Macchis . |
| 6 | Secretary , who stayed in office only a short time before handing over to James Muir , who served until 1905 . |