Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] a short time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , we were together only a short time , and … ’ |
| 2 | But they were only there a short time . |
| 3 | He looked round them all as though none of them afforded him any surprise , though two of them did not belong here , and to his certain knowledge had been elsewhere only a short time ago . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In its simplest use , the computer sits in a corner and each child has an individual session with relevant material ; so inevitably only a short time would normally be available . |
| 6 | He had come as a student of farming to this dairy , thinking he would be here only a short time . |
| 7 | He stayed there only a short time before moving to Gloucestershire where he has been ever since . |
| 8 | And it was composed either only a short time after those events by someone who played a role in them , or more probably by someone with direct access to the testimony of an eyewitness . |