Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a [adj] while later " in BNC.
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| 1 | She woke a short while later under the impression that she 'd dropped off at a cocktail party . |
| 2 | Lunch might have been an unqualified disaster , she reflected a little while later , but dinner was proving less of an ordeal than anticipated . |
| 3 | She left a little while later , happier than she had been for a long time . |
| 4 | They returned a short while later stating that the sniper was dead . |
| 5 | ‘ Enjoy that , did you ? ’ he drawled a little while later , reappearing with a plate piled high with soft sponge and cream and two glasses that overflowed with bubbling champagne . |