Example sentences of "just a short [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beyond the city boundaries but just a short drive away is the Royal Shakespeare Theatre on the River Avon at Stratford , the Grand Theatre at Wolverhampton and the Arts Centre at Warwick University . |
| 2 | If one place in Britain has become inextricably associated with the unpleasant side of the nuclear industry , it is the giant complex of reactors and waste handling facilities on the Cumbrian coast just a short drive away from the Lake District . |
| 3 | Sports enthusiasts do n't lack for activities with Silverstone Race Track and the Delapre Golf Complex being amongst a host of activities and leisure pursuits just a short drive away . |
| 4 | There are glorious walks to be found in the Sierra and although there is no proper beach to speak of in Deya , there is a small cove within walking distance and the town Puerto Pollensa — with a long sweeping unspoilt beach — is just a short drive away . |
| 5 | Snowdonia National Park is just a short drive away . |
| 6 | It 's just a short hop here by taxi . ’ |
| 7 | sort of going just a short way along and having to reverse back out again |
| 8 | Just a short distance away , where the Whitechapel Road has turned into the Mild End Road , was another East End concern whose name had become part of a company with national interests — Mann Crossman and Paulin of the Albion brewery . |
| 9 | As I crouched down in the trench I thought of the French family just a short distance away from us . |
| 10 | He had a good knowledge of Scotland , particularly the bagpipes , and I am sure if I had offered to go along to Brigade HQ to fetch my bagpipes he would have had me marching up and down the orchard playing his favourite tunes , much to the consternation of the other Commandos , and possibly the annoyance of the Germans just a short distance away . |
| 11 | Just a short distance away , looming above a glacier , was the dazzling , ice-hung bulk of Chonku Chuli . |
| 12 | Even now he was just a short distance away , in the club 's office , while she supervised the stocking of a new promotional lager in the bar . |
| 13 | ‘ The news broke on the wireless just a short while ago . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Even if she said so herself , she was barely recognisable as the young woman who 'd been so distraught just a short while ago . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Further negotiations have taken place and just a short while ago the Abingdon staff began clearing the six-day . |
| 19 | Just next door is our main base in Bodrum , the Angora I and II , and the dynamic Halikarnas disco is just a short stroll away . |
| 20 | Just a short time ago the German soldiers were retreating through this town , hotly pursued by 1st Commando Brigade . |
| 21 | Just a short time ago the forest was impenetrable … and safe . |
| 22 | Typically , the Government have had the courage to concede by implication that they have lost confidence in what they legislated for so confidently just a short time ago . |
| 23 | Just a short time ago I was no one in particular , then I was n't even that , with no one , no roots . |
| 24 | Now even Kalim Siddiqui is saying let's forgive and forget , when just a short time ago he was wanting me murdered , deported to Tehran , whatever would spill my blood . |
| 25 | And , of course , all the daytime activities and evening entertainments of Cala Mesquida Village are yours to enjoy just a short walk away . |
| 26 | But there is that other Baden , just a short walk away ( or an even shorter bus ride ) with a quaint medieval quarter where you can wander amid graceful patrician houses , delightfully styled and decorated , and admire the care with which they have been preserved . |