Example sentences of "[noun] within a few [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The airport fire service was alongside the wreck within a few minutes but there was little the firemen could do . |
| 2 | The bank would give him facilities to purchase the business to the extent of seventy five thousand pounds if he agreed to sell his property at and from the proceeds of sale to repay the bridging facility in its entirety and they would provide a sixteen thousand pounds business loan and overdraught facilities to be reduced by five thousand pounds within a few days and if the six thousand pounds rent deposit was not required then the business loan would be reduced to ten thousand pounds . |
| 3 | But it was also the beginning of the split between law-abiders and law-breakers which was to cripple the movement within a few years and lead to its decline . |
| 4 | The incident was under control within a few minutes and no-one was injured . |
| 5 | Most found jobs within a few weeks and the longest any of them was unemployed was three months . |