Example sentences of "only [art] short time [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet it was only a short time since he had been kissing her . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Only a short time after Joe left , the ‘ phoney war ’ as it was called seemed to be over when Hitler invaded Norway and Denmark . |
| 4 | ‘ He died of a stroke only a short time after Mamma left him . ’ |
| 5 | You have my soul now , all my thoughts are yours ; only a short time before you can have all of me , even my poor body which I now strive to make purer and better , healthier and stronger for that time . |
| 6 | ‘ It is possible that the body was taken to the Close only a short time before it was discovered , ’ Morton said . |
| 7 | My co-author and friend Professor A. R. Collar , C.B.E. , LL.D. , F.R.S. , Emeritus Professor of Aeronautical Engineering in the University of Bristol , distinguished aeronautical scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of that University , died at his home in Bristol on 12th February 1986 , just ten days before his 78th birthday , and only a short time before our book was published . |
| 8 | She did not confirm for them that she had been meeting an escaped prisoner and she did not explain the significance of the print-out , but they clearly knew the first and it would be only a short time before they worked out the second . |
| 9 | Only a short time before she 'd had Penry for company while she knitted . |
| 10 | Hayling 's dummy had been a marathon performance over months , whilst Sutton had had only a short time and few people . |
| 11 | Of course , we were here for only a short time and what time we had we spent with Debbie . |