Example sentences of "within [adj] weeks [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within 2 weeks he had raped and murdered Anna McGurk as she walked home from work at Gloucester City Council . |
| 2 | to get her car back , you know what they said if she does n't pay that thirty pound within six weeks they 'll pawn it ! |
| 3 | Within six weeks he was improved mentally and fit for discharge but remained a further three months on the ward while a suitable home and day centre were found for him . |
| 4 | Within six weeks it was a ‘ deceased parrot ’ . |
| 5 | Within three weeks they die , having laid the eggs of the next generation which will be in the soil until the time comes to repeat the cycle . |
| 6 | Within three weeks I was again as fit as Carl 's fiddle . |
| 7 | Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea . |
| 8 | I really felt like crying because I did n't want to leave my family behind but within three weeks I would be back with them all again . |
| 9 | Within three weeks it had sold a staggering 600,000 copies in the UK alone . |
| 10 | And he had a bit of business to attend to : within three weeks he was in Shoreditch — getting married , as we have seen . |
| 11 | You feel quite confident in interviewing both of them , but as it turns out only one of them has the imagination to emphasise with your ideas and within three weeks he is in situ . |
| 12 | He took office on 2 January 1990 and within three weeks he 'd demanded the right to approve the boards ' choices for school superintendents , a notion which later fell foul of the courts . |
| 13 | ‘ I joined the refinery straight from university , never having been anywhere near the place before , and within ten weeks I was actually in charge of my own shift . |
| 14 | When you have confirmed your booking and paid your deposit , within 2–3 weeks we will forward a Holiday Details form to you or your travel agent , verifying the confirmed holiday contract you have already made with us . |
| 15 | I expected to wait a while for a spawning , but within two weeks they surprised me . |
| 16 | Within two weeks we were encouraging our readers to lobby their MPs concerning the restrictive Night Assemblies Bill , Robert Tripp was regaling us with tales of groupies and interviews had taken on a new air of contention , seriousness and madness . |
| 17 | Within two weeks he was transferred to Hong Kong without an explanation . |
| 18 | ‘ She blamed Freddie and me for what went wrong but within two weeks she 'd died herself ; she had never recovered from the birth . ’ |
| 19 | In Campbell and Palmer v Crest Homes ( Wessex ) Ltd ( 1989 ) unreported , Chancery Division , 13 November , the plaintiff vendors agreed to sell some development land to the defendant purchasers at the price the property might reasonably be expected to fetch on the open market at the relevant date on a sale by a willing vendor to a willing purchaser ; if the parties failed to agree the price within four weeks they were to refer to an independent surveyor to determine the price . |
| 20 | As I hope to leave Britain within four weeks I would be immensely grateful if you could Fax me back with a reply as soon as is convenient , as I need the information to determine when I should book an air ticket . |