Example sentences of "[adj] and within a few [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She 's soaking wet and within a few thrusts I 'm ready to come and she 's panting , then grunting then calling out , ‘ Oh , fuck , yes ! ’ and then it 's all over and I collapse over her and then fall off her and almost cut my ear on the cool blade of the kitchen knife lying on the sheet . |
2 | His success was short-lived and within a few years Ivan had to accept Turkish suzerainty . |
3 | I had left the technical college in February 1980 and within a few weeks had landed an audio typist 's job with a trendy voluntary housing organization . |
4 | The majority of these early volunteers were ex-service men , some with experience of World War I and within a few weeks many of us teenagers barely sixteen jointed the unit . |
5 | Captain French died in 1854 and within a few years his wife was confined to a mental home . |