Example sentences of "[vb past] within an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arab nationalism came within an ace of overthrowing King Husayn in Jordan , and the latter 's acceptance of UNRWA 's resettlement programme , which also implied agreement with Israel over the Jordan waters , might have tipped the scales against him . |
| 2 | I came within an ace of slapping her around . |
| 3 | No action was taken but Warrington general manager Ron Close said : ‘ We have looked closely at the video and it looks as if Jones might have deliberately kicked Bob , who has been told by a specialist that he came within an eighth of an inch of losing the eye . |
| 4 | USER FRIENDLY came within an ace of a French fortune yesterday as the Arc was snatched away from her in the shadow of the winning post . |
| 5 | LESTER Piggott and three other jockeys came within an ace of death yesterday when an RAF jet missed their plane by just six feet . |
| 6 | Once , I came within an ace of the end |
| 7 | WARRINGTON skipper Bob Jackson came within an eighth of an inch of losing an eye on Sunday . |
| 8 | A mechanic contracted to the RAC arrived within an hour , she claimed , but went to help a man who had broken down after her . |
| 9 | He arranged within an hour for the delivery of a bottle of something bubbly , by taxi , to sad friend in Wordsley who is , we fondly imagine , instantly magicked into happy lady . |
| 10 | To Michael Powell documentary was nothing more than a refuge for ‘ disappointed feature filmmakers or out-of-work poets ’ , but the wartime films he made within an immensely fruitful collaboration ( the Archers ) with the Hungarian Emeric Pressburger , with the two of them sharing credits for production , direction and screenwriting , take on documentary concerns in ways which indicate that the absorption of the documentary filmmakers into commercial filmmaking was only an incidental part of a process with roots deep in wartime culture . |
| 11 | Those who had been in Italy before the end of 1989 and who registered within an appointed time limit were to be allowed to remain in the country and would be granted rights to medical care , schooling and equality of opportunity in relation to employment . |
| 12 | All four , together with Althusser 's pupil , Michel Foucault , worked within an epistemological tradition which was critical of the positivism which , up to that time , had dominated the history of the sciences . |
| 13 | One important group lay within an enclosure at Springhead , apparently at the heart of the town itself . |
| 14 | The dark castle lay within an hour 's walk . |
| 15 | The debate regarding ovulation , therefore , resonated within an episteme that came to regard the female as a passive , potentially dangerous source of raw passion . |
| 16 | The answer which fell within an ethical framework was the duty solicitor scheme , as the Cardiff solicitors explained : |
| 17 | ‘ No player … has shown greater ability to retain possession of the ball … his passes are invariably accurate and reach a forward so that the latter can make rapid headway ’ eulogised a Palace scribe back in 1913 , by which time H.H. ( as he was popularly called ) had become our club captain — indeed it was while Harry was our skipper that we had our best Southern League season and went within an ace of winning the Championship in 1914 . |
| 18 | DAGENHAM and Redbridge went within an ace of upsetting their Second Division neighbours Orient in the FA Cup , eventually going down 5–4 after twice leading by a two-goal margin . |
| 19 | That meant within an hour or so of the time at which Mary Penrose claimed that Riddle had left her . |
| 20 | The tone and innuendo are strikingly similar to that of Sir Almroth Wright , who opposed women 's suffrage in 1913 and who wrote within an entirely different scientific discourse . |
| 21 | Neither did he move from where he was standing , just inside the door , for almost a minute ; and when he did , he came quickly to the side of the table and stood within an arm 's length of her . |