Example sentences of "[conj] within [noun pl] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | The coolies inside the fetid dens immediately began to stretch their stiffened limbs and drag themselves off their sodden mats , knowing that within minutes the cai would be among them flailing heavy staves to rouse the laggards . |
2 | Taylor , from Birkenhead , Merseyside , struck one prison officer , taking his keys , and within minutes the rioters had erected the first of a labyrinth of barricades and begun systematically destroying the chapel . |
3 | The crucial power was torn from the hands of the proletariat , and within months the Bolsheviks found themselves on the other side of the barricades . |
4 | The crew , moving rapidly yet almost soundlessly , carried out the few jobs required to convert the land vehicle to a boat , and within seconds the rigs slid rapidly into the dark water and powered away to swing out their ramps and couple together in twos and threes . |
5 | But within days the chances are you 'll hear a sick joke about it . |
6 | I never gave in , but within weeks the networks were buzzing with the news that I was into censorship and as bad as Mary Whitehouse . |