Example sentences of "was [verb] within [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings .
2 A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month .
3 Perfusion was excellent and peristalsis was observed within a few minutes .
4 Its equipment was removed within a few years and , by the late 1920s , it had become home to the Belvedere Upholstery Company , operated by the Tyler family .
5 The total cost of church , schoolroom , vestry , classrooms and minister 's residence was over 5000 , a debt which was cleared within a few years .
6 The effect was electric : the girl was released within a few days ; the man remained in jail and in fact served a very long sentence .
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