Example sentences of "[adv] shortly [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were things to be said and asked , things they both needed to understand , but she was n't inclined to risk such a potentially traumatic discussion now , so shortly before she had to go out and be both professional and sociable . |
| 2 | It was , in fact , completed only shortly before the College was moved elsewhere , the palazzo becoming a government building . |
| 3 | A farmer friend of mine came to look the place over shortly after we bought it and he gave me some useful advice : that , whatever happened , we must enjoy doing the work . |
| 4 | You know his son took over shortly after I joined the company . |
| 5 | just shortly before I departed , I attended a small inaugural meeting on the quayside in Dublin . |
| 6 | Er another er rather another er on that tack of course talking about er well in this case a skeleton , I had a job to do just shortly before they closed Coney Street off fully and e it was myse I was on my own and I had t to pick up some dummies from er a ladies ' shop a dress shop . |
| 7 | Once shortly after he was arrested and over the weekend when he was examined by a police surgeon . ’ |
| 8 | Police have said he fell ill twice , once shortly after he was arrested , and half-hourly checks were made in case his condition deteriorated . |
| 9 | ‘ Because I 've been given my marching orders , ’ Ellie said more shortly than she 'd intended . |
| 10 | Fighting erupted in Beirut yesterday shortly after President Elias Hrawi was quoted as saying that Syrian troops would leave parts of Lebanon as soon as he had overcome the resistance of troops of General Michel Aoun in the Christian enclave . |
| 11 | Detectives are keen to speak to the driver of a car seen leaving the murder scene with its lights off shortly after gunshots were heard . |
| 12 | Richard Norton-Taylor adds : Contingency plans for the use of troops in ambulance disputes were drawn up shortly after the Government came to power in 1979 , Whitehall documents show . |
| 13 | Richard Norton-Taylor adds : Contingency plans for the use of troops in ambulance disputes were drawn up shortly after the Government came to power in 1979 , Whitehall documents show . |
| 14 | She got up shortly after , and looked at herself in the mirror . |
| 15 | You should also give the reason for your opinion as shortly as the importance of the point seems to require . |
| 16 | Many of the residents moved out shortly after Mrs Hill announced her intention to sell , and in fact there were only four of us left when the new landlord took possession . |
| 17 | As a result , a computer was installed in the EPH where the research was carried out shortly after the project was completed , which , being suitable for general administrative tasks such as wordprocessing , had the additional benefit of providing some immediate reward for the efforts of the staff who assisted with the analysis . |
| 18 | The blaze broke out shortly after he left for work . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , he went out shortly after you did , within minutes . |
| 20 | As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’ |
| 21 | ii.3.36 ) relates how shortly before Lykophron came to power the Athenian Kritias tried to establish democracy and arm the penestai . |
| 22 | ‘ The time will come quite shortly when something has to be done , ’ said Thorstvedt . |
| 23 | Did I tell you Madeleine came to see me again shortly after you left ? |
| 24 | Since many negotiations seem to break down at the implementation stage it is often worth making a prior commitment to monitor progress jointly and to meet again shortly after implementation is supposed to start . |
| 25 | Very shortly before Maxwell embarked on his last voyage on the Lady Ghislaine he was discussing legal matters with the Legal Director of Mirror Group Newspapers , Arthur Davidson . |
| 26 | Several had become pregnant on losing their virginity , or very shortly after , and their boyfriends had gone off , leaving them both scarred and scared about having any subsequent sexual relationships . |
| 27 | Fey was something they would tell me I had just invented , but it is something that never left me during the entire period I was an Instructor and sadly I was to learn very shortly after he left Kinloss that he did not survive very long on the squadron that he joined . |
| 28 | Expedition is useful in the case of property being resold very shortly after the unregistered title has been purchased , when it 's desired to give the new purchaser a registered title and completion is to take place before the title would normally be registered . |
| 29 | very , very shortly if you carry on ! |
| 30 | We do not have to provide sites for them , but we may have to very shortly because they themselves are going to the High Court to seek legal definition of their status and their due . |