1·Brigida had seen Deta walking up the footpath a short while ago and soon they guessed what had happened.
布丽吉特刚才看见迪蒂走在小路上，没多久他们就猜到发生了什么事。
2·Some students who are addicted to the virtual world can't bear being separated from mobile phones even for a short while.
有些沉迷于虚拟世界的学生无法忍受与手机分开，即使是短短一会儿也不行。
3·I stayed for a short while.
我待了短短一会儿。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
4·He was away for a short while and soon came back.
他出去不大工夫就回来了。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
5·Let me play for a short while.
让我玩一下吧。
6·However after only a short while this excuse stops working.
然而，经过一段短暂的时间后，这个借口就不管用了。
7·However, after a short while they started to solve the task as well.
然而，过了一会，他们同样的开始解决这个任务。
8·Your application should be deployed to GAE successfully after a short while.
您的应用程序稍后就会被成功部署到GAE。
9·For a short while the two emirates were the hub of the contemporary art world.
短时看来，这两个酋长国似乎成为了现代艺术界的中心。
10·During this rebuilding process, Oracle will freeze the database for a short while.
在此重构过程中，Oracle将在短时间内冻结数据库。