Example sentences of "[noun] within a [det] hours " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE POUND yesterday posted its steepest one-day fall in more than three years , sinking almost 6 pfennigs within a few hours . |
| 2 | " If we do n't start drying the hides now , dampness and the heat will destroy all our efforts within a few hours . " |
| 3 | This can be most easily achieved by an observer who is present while the recording is being made and who can make a full transcription within a few hours . |
| 4 | Also in the house were two children , no doubt lucky to be alive , as Mrs Dyer usually despatched her charges within a few hours of receiving them . |
| 5 | When attacking , it protrudes its long snout , and as it pushes it against the flesh of its enemy it fires a small , venom-carrying harpoon — a hollow dart formed from a tooth — that can kill a human being within a few hours . |
| 6 | The Syrian Foreign Minister emerged to predict a release within a few hours , underlining that such a delicate operation is being handled jointly both by Syria and Iran . |
| 7 | On testing foods , she found that wheat brought her stiff joints back , while milk and cheese produced a migraine within a few hours . |
| 8 | The customer was delighted and telephoned Ralph Edwards to say how pleased his client was with the service and that the cloth was flown out to The Yemen within a few hours . |