Example sentences of "in a [adj] while [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we have done something about it , grasped the mettle , and I believe that in a short while we 're going to solve this problem , and it wo n't be thanks to you and the Conservative Party . |
| 2 | With that , Dick changed course , and in a short while they came up from behind the Shuttle . |
| 3 | All sounds from outside were muffled because of the dock being partly below ground level , set into the slope of the bank , but in a short while I heard the sound of a car door slamming and after that the noise of an engine starting up and being driven away . |
| 4 | Likewise , if instead of saying , ‘ there is a patient outside ’ , I could say ( out of role ) , ‘ In a short while I will be a patient coming to the consultant 's office — how do you want me to play the role ? |
| 5 | In a short while she would be installed in a quiet hotel room where she could get on with her work , and try to forget about the arrival of that frightening letter . |
| 6 | In a little while they came upon the rest of the pack at the upwind end of the covert . |
| 7 | The buses turned off the main road on to a forestry road running through the woods , and in a little while they arrived at their destination . |
| 8 | In the Diaspora , our Jewish people have been inclined to sit back and think that the battle has been won and that in a little while we Jews will have our National Home in our Promised Land . |
| 9 | Coming up in a little while we 'll be talking greyhounds , but for now we 'll go back to football and deal with the local classified results with all the local leagues . |
| 10 | But in a little while I knew I was to have a child . ’ |
| 11 | But in a little while she became used to me , and was very kind to me . |
| 12 | She knew , as Travis must surely have known , that in a little while she would begin to feel really cold . |