Example sentences of "[noun] and within a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | He repudiated the oath by which he had restored to the Holy See the ecclesiastical rights and privileges enjoyed by the emperors and the kings of Sicily and within a few months of his coronation he began to progress down into Italy . |
| 2 | Put a piece of raw meat into a stream and within a few hours it will be covered with small , flat , black worms feeding on it . |
| 3 | The tub is kept in a warm place and within a few days is crawling with worms . |
| 4 | These two mills were also on the direct route to Bristol and within a few miles of Fromebridge . |
| 5 | There were but six people on board , all of whom were killed and although the event was duly reported in the press and other media as one might expect , the world proceeded with its normal business and within a few days the matter had receded into the background . |
| 6 | ‘ Frankie would buy a wonderful new suit and within a few minutes he 'd look as though he 'd slept in it . |
| 7 | These inspired the Chinese people and within a few years , there had been major efforts to move away from the centralised , planned economic system which was typical of communist regimes . |
| 8 | Beyond the apple trees and within a few feet of the river is a large raised platform , visible in winter before its annual submergence in weeds , part of a vanished building , and there are clear lines of stone walls adjoining it . |
| 9 | The fact that it was larger than most local mills and within a few miles of Cirencester probably saved it . |
| 10 | The government however continued with just one vice-president and within a few months this post was held by Daniel Arap Moi , a non-Kikuyu who , despite being a member of the Legislative Council , had not been prominent in nationalist politics . |
| 11 | Without thinking I tagged on to the end of the marching men and within a few seconds was past the SPs unnoticed . |
| 12 | No sooner has it done so than another baby joins on behind in the same way and within a few seconds , the entire litter has formed a caravan behind their parent . |
| 13 | Led by Lt Fusata Iida they flew in at a height of 50ft and within a few minutes the airfield was a smoking mess . |
| 14 | I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line . |
| 15 | Contact with the man Wagner now kindled an interest in Wagner the theorist and within a few weeks Nietzsche was writing again to Rohde to impress on his friend his high opinion of Wagner 's Opera and Drama , a treatise written nearly twenty years before , but apparently now providing Nietzsche 's first direct acquaintance with any of Wagner 's theoretical works . |
| 16 | Unable to stop paddling for fear of capsizing , Tony and I can not put on our anoraks and within a few minutes we are soaked by the freezing combination of sea and rain . |
| 17 | That convinced him he was on the right track and within a few months some alert marketing men in the Wilson Sporting Goods Company were equally impressed . |