Example sentences of "within a [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 True , Brian Robinson did get over from a maul on the All Black 's line before the worst happened — although the Australian referee , Sandy McNeill , was unfortunately the only individual within a hundred metres who failed to note the touchdown .
2 Within a hundred metres he came across the first tank paths , ghost-like trails that appeared to be overgrown now , ever since the Russians had pulled out and taken their exhaust-belching tanks home on low-loader trains .
3 Other nomads erupted from the deserts of Arabia in the seventh century ; within a hundred years their armies had reached the shores of the Atlantic and the borders of China but , in fascinating contrast to the Huns and Mongols , the Arabs created a new and enduring civilization and founded a faith which today numbers six hundred million adherents .
4 But within a few moments we were sipping extra-dry martinis from paper cups , then eating cold chicken and tinned ham , with beer chilled by the sea .
5 Within a few moments I had been directed to the Gasthof zur Alte Post and installed myself in a tiny room which was to cost about £12 for the night , including breakfast .
6 Within a few moments I was on a floater , crossing the fairly well-lit spaceport , still with no one in sight anywhere around me .
7 Within a few moments you will start to lose your balance .
8 Within a few pages we move through a recognition and rejection of the fantasy of the Perfect Mother , an understanding of her mothers ' reality and an account of telling her mother , who Is at this point 80 .
9 He knows what he 's galloping , he knows within a few pounds what he wants .
10 But on the ramparts nothing appeared ; when the Collector tried transplanting weeds , bushes , vegetation of every kind , within a few hours everything had wilted .
11 The proteins move in the electric current at a speed which depends on their electric charge and molecular weights , and within a few hours they have become distributed along the length of the gel — the procedure is called gel electrophoresis .
12 Within a few hours they had 50 signatures .
13 Within a few hours I noticed a large number of fry appearing at the water surface .
14 Within a few hours he cancelled on the grounds that the subject was ‘ too sensitive ’ — some twelve years after the amalgamation of his library had taken place .
15 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 .
16 Within a few hours she was transferred to the neurosurgical unit at Addenbrookes hospital , Cambridge .
17 The cat , delighted that its ordeal was over , burrowed under the covers like a furry hot-water bottle , and although Mildred had only meant to sit and get warm , within a few minutes her eyelids began to droop , and before long she was fast asleep — so fast asleep that she did not hear the door opening very quietly .
18 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 .
19 Samuel had already arrived and within a few minutes they were joined by Neville Chamberlain , MacDonald told them of the situation in the Cabinet , and of his advice to the King .
20 Within a few minutes my body was one mass of bruises from head to toe .
21 Within a few minutes she saw him riding towards her up the hill , his horse 's harness glinting in the sun .
22 Whatever mood you are in when you arrive at HCI 's Club Romantica … you can be sure that within a few minutes you 'll feel at home in this pretty village of chalet bungalows surrounded by trees and flowers .
23 Within a few minutes he had noticed a scruffy individual walk into the Oak public house , Stoke Row .
24 ‘ Frankie would buy a wonderful new suit and within a few minutes he 'd look as though he 'd slept in it .
25 I was told how to contact him in Rome and within a few minutes he was on the line .
26 Within a few minutes it has to return to wet its skin and take a fresh mouthful of water .
27 Within a few minutes it was adopted unanimously .
28 I am hot and sticky from my drive , but the scent of lilac drifts in from the garden with the sound of blackbirds , and within a few minutes I feel much at home .
29 Within a few minutes I not only felt but heard the tissue in the sinuses beginning to break up , and by the time he had finished both were completely clear .
30 Within a few trials it learns to stay on the shelf ( this is called ‘ step-down avoidance ’ ) .
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