Example sentences of "[adv] briefly [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This feature is also evident in their natural habitat ; they are found most often in areas which are not exposed to strong currents , except perhaps briefly when the tide turns . |
| 2 | He hesitated only briefly before he said , ‘ Because it asked for a reservation I have no wish to make . |
| 3 | She is expected to be seen only briefly as she steps from her wedding car — a four wheel drive Range Rover — into the church . |
| 4 | Having come this far , and having made the effort to come first , I reflected only briefly as the Commandant in front of me , with his four gold bars on his shoulders , signed a piece of paper and said , ‘ I 'm posting you to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes . ’ |
| 5 | Joe saw Tony only briefly as he was working long hours . |
| 6 | Unlike the work of finance or even the public sector , women have been influential in the presentation of the visual arts in Britain for some time , Sally Townsend talks to Annely Juda and Angela Flowers , two women who started in the gallery business with young children , whose lives came together briefly when they ran galleries next door to each other , two women who , together with their sons , help to shape work on show in central London |
| 7 | Just briefly as I asked Mr were you saying harbouring situation , or are you saying hostage situation or are you saying neither ? |
| 8 | Erm er perhaps I could refer just briefly as to why not . |
| 9 | Pausanias , who describes this pediment more briefly than the others , calls the young figure in the centre Peirithous , but few modern scholars can accept this . |
| 10 | I resolved to explain the situation to them as briefly as possible , make a plea for money and then very rapidly leave . |
| 11 | Perhaps what I 'm about to say has something to do with the answer to that question , so I 'll come to the point as briefly as possible . |
| 12 | Read these stories and try to answer the questions as briefly as possible . |
| 13 | Read these stories and try to answer the questions as briefly as possible . |
| 14 | She would not visit her own family , except as a formality , and then as briefly as decency permitted . |
| 15 | For present purposes I shall consider again , as briefly as I can , the impact of the two later cases on the earlier Torfaen case ( Case 145/88 ) [ 1990 ] 2 Q.B . |
| 16 | Ruth explained as briefly as possible that she was trying to get in touch with a relative — the young lady on the right of the group in the picture on page twenty-two . |
| 17 | As briefly as possible , Ruth told the story and Rosie chimed in , ‘ But now I 've left Soho , and moved back with the family , to help out as a part-time barmaid . ’ |
| 18 | As briefly as possible , Adam told Coy about the computer virus , about the death of the American agents and about Trimmler 's conversation with Goodenache . |
| 19 | To what er they show some of the old films like they had in them days some of these circus pictures and travel pictures Now I 'll tell you something that 's rather remarkable I 'll I 'll b tell you as briefly as I can . |
| 20 | Working with a partner , A asks B open questions , which B tries to answer as briefly as possible . |
| 21 | And can you tell the jury , as briefly as possible , what that job entailed ? |
| 22 | She saw him again briefly as she helped herself to food . |
| 23 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
| 24 | Hous yes I think that deals with erm my main points other than to say , t to repeat er very very briefly because Mr Curtis made the point already , that there is an implication er for this in in this growth strategy for er effect on regeneration in West Yorkshire in particular . |
| 25 | At the moment erm because of the extra time we 've got available because production investment has been delayed because of ministerial decisions , we 've set in train three further studies and they will look collectively at alternatives , comparison in combat modelling and also in the numbers and if I could describe those three very briefly because I think they 're the they 're relevant to what we 're talking about . |
| 26 | Very briefly because I think that the senior inspector 's partly er ans answered I want to make . |
| 27 | In the autumn of 1659 , when he was even appointed ( very briefly as it turned out ) to be a treasury commissioner , he was also elected an alderman of the City ; early the next year he was excused from this dignity owing to lack of means . |
| 28 | very briefly as well . |
| 29 | Archer 's expression was grim , his mouth closed tight briefly as it came flooding back to him . |