21.   Unexpected demands on your money can cause havoc with even the most carefully planned budgets - at least for a short while.

22.   Within a short while it became clear that this policy was damaging the rice crop.

23.   You probably do stick to your new regime for a short while.

24.   Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi.

25.   A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.

26.   A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs.

27.   After a short while he identified a small bacon-curing business that he felt was worth investing in.

28.   Just for a short while, to see how you both are.

29.   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.

30.   I heard him only a short while ago coming out of the bathroom.