Example sentences of "[pron] within a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a final word of caution : venturis are temperamental , and to enclose yours within a blockwork wall , only to find that it did n't work properly , would be frustrating . |
| 2 | And all this within an organization which within a year changed my life , my career and my character . |
| 3 | ‘ If it were n't for me old bones and the fact that I might be overlooked when the bidding starts , I would n't want you within a mile of that sale room . |
| 4 | Research shows that people form 90 per cent of their opinion of you within a minute and a half of meeting you . |
| 5 | If you can be firm the situation will normally resolve itself within a couple of nights or so , and the puppy will sleep peacefully . |
| 6 | It is this larger system , considered as a whole , which is functionally integrated and which was able to reproduce itself within a framework of legitimacy despite the absence on military service of many of the potential genitors of the children . |
| 7 | Incredible , bloody incredible , that the Service should have found itself within a whisker of escape , within a few heartbeats … |
| 8 | Studies of young mothers have found that history tends to repeat itself within a family , and teenage mothers tend to have children who in turn become teenage parents themselves . |
| 9 | Native speakers do not read or pay equal attention to everything within a discourse . |
| 10 | Owen brought them within a quarter of an hour , grave-faced both , and heavy-eyed from nights broken with too much thinking of Harry . |
| 11 | And I mean the kids the kids that we yo yo some kids er , I mean they were just beautiful and other kids lost them within a couple of days ! |
| 12 | You can always sell them within a couple of days of them coming in |
| 13 | Their stories appear to rupture time , bringing them within a hair 's breadth of one another . |
| 14 | We expect that our median time to this decision will be less than eight weeks , and we have , in exceptional circumstances , peer reviewed papers and published them within a fortnight of submission . |
| 15 | Three out of five key appointments failed to work — two-thirds of them within a year . |
| 16 | Eight of the nine full-time stations would have them within a year , the exception being Bishop Auckland . |
| 17 | DHSS requires firms to notify any adverse reactions reported to them within a month of receipt . |
| 18 | They used to have loudspeakers on the back of their machines that bawled out backchat and delivery instructions to everyone within a radius of a hundred yards . |
| 19 | When I mentioned this to my father he said he had to drive up that way and would take me in the car and call back for me within a couple of hours . |
| 20 | Why then , in view of this spectacular success , did France find herself within a week declaring war on Prussia ? |
| 21 | If he were to run forward straight away he would almost certainly find her within a minute or two . |
| 22 | That brought him within a mile or two of Stoke St Gregory , down the steep incline and on to the Levels , where a family of Titfords had once made their home as long ago as the end of the 16th century . |
| 23 | Lust , like love , blinds the eyes , otherwise red-cheeked Maude would never let him within a mile of her ! |
| 24 | She had set her sights on Lawrence and married him within a year of John 's own ceremony . |
| 25 | She WILL , they believe , divorce him within a year — and cast the monarchy into even deeper crisis . |
| 26 | His General Practitioner was notified by telephone of his impending discharge and promised to visit him within a couple of days . |
| 27 | Colin Jelf knew victory would take him within a whisker of becoming British champion . |
| 28 | If he had n't had the business I would have left him within a month . |
| 29 | I had expected that one or two of the fry might tentatively explore this new hiding place ; what in fact happened was that the ENTIRE brood crammed themselves into it within a minute of my putting it in the tank . |
| 30 | And in the last couple of years I 've been listening to music that 's going in the same direction , like The Beach Boys , for instance , but trying to keep it within a guitar format . |