Example sentences of "have [adv] [art] short time " in BNC.
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1 | Hayling 's dummy had been a marathon performance over months , whilst Sutton had had only a short time and few people . |
2 | As it was a weekend , all the bigger-wig doctors were not on duty but , knowing of Nigel 's condition and that he had only a short time to live , they brought him through . |
3 | Leech had only a short time to go before his own appointment came to an end , but thought that under the circumstances he should offer his resignation . |
4 | They had only a short time before followed the tantalising fresh scent-trail laid by Grant and Larsen , which they had then lost at the foot of the house wall . |
5 | The ballroom had been thrown wide to accommodate the funeral guests , and Mrs Diggory was busy serving refreshments to the gentlemen who had just a short time since returned from the graveside of the deceased Lady Merchiston . |
6 | If the ERM continues to impose on this country an unemployment rate 750,000 above what it would otherwise be — and that is the average for Europe — we have only a short time before the racist and neo-fascist plague descends on us also — which is why launching the Anti-Racist Alliance was so urgent . |
7 | I am now in Capt. Friend 's office and have only a short time to write before the post leaves . |