Example sentences of "just a [adj] while [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The news broke on the wireless just a short while ago . |
| 2 | Anyway , as you know , we were almost brought up in the same bassinet , and , as I made out to Mama just a short while ago , if Isobel had to choose between the horse and me , the horse would come out best . ’ |
| 3 | She snuggled down beneath the duvet , desperately trying not to think that just a short while ago it had been wrapped round his powerful body , but as she turned her face into the pillow she was all but overwhelmed by the scent of him — a clean , heady , masculine smell that owed nothing to any kind of artificial fragrance . |
| 4 | Even if she said so herself , she was barely recognisable as the young woman who 'd been so distraught just a short while ago . |
| 5 | Just a short while ago she had thought that nothing could increase the feeling of dread that Andrew had left behind him in the drawing-room . |
| 6 | Further negotiations have taken place and just a short while ago the Abingdon staff began clearing the six-day . |
| 7 | ‘ Just a little while ago you asked if humans ever gave up , ’ he said . |