Sentence examples for were shortly from inspiring English sources

They were shortly to do it again.

They were shortly joined by their friend Miller Williams, the poet.

The Mongols were shortly to invade the region and strike the final blow against the caliphate.

In March 2005, in the equivalent match also in the Championship, QPR won 1-0 and Rotherham were shortly relegated.

Most of the young peasant activists Mao trained were shortly at work strengthening the position of the communists.

The new book is more than a memoir; it is also a carefully researched document of a time and place that were shortly to become tumultuous.

Only later in the mid-2000s did affordable home DVD video recorders arrive pushing out VCRs, which were shortly followed by hard drive-based personal video recorders.

Even the high-testosterone new wave novelists – John Wain, Alan Sillitoe et al – were shortly to be joined by a woman.