Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] within a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the dispute in 1984 , striking miners travelling in convoy on the motorway in Nottinghamshire were stopped within a few miles of four collieries . |
| 2 | The last two — works of completely contrasting character — were written within a few weeks of each other . |
| 3 | Originally ascribed to the 1660s it now seems highly likely that they date from the 1630s and were made within a few years of each other . |
| 4 | At Rosemarkie in the Black Isle , north-east of Inverness , a remarkable number of stones were found within a few hundred yards of the present Groam House museum , indicating past importance as a tribal and then a religious centre . |
| 5 | Reductions of between 80 and 93% were achieved within a few weeks . |
| 6 | Generally , the operational data ( that is the policy records ) were destroyed within a few years of their fulfilment . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Perfusion was excellent and peristalsis was observed within a few minutes . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The total cost of church , schoolroom , vestry , classrooms and minister 's residence was over 5000 , a debt which was cleared within a few years . |
| 12 | 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 . |