Example sentences of "come [prep] within [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We came to within fifty yards of that point . |
| 2 | He saw the boat heading back towards him , and at one stage she came to within fifteen yards of him . |
| 3 | He was to discover , after a staggering journey of 19 months and 3,450 miles , during which he came to within 150 miles of the centre of the continent , that no paradise such as he had imagined existed . |
| 4 | She would play happily on the sand for hours as long as the tide was out but would run from the beach as soon as the sea came to within several yards of where she was sitting . |
| 5 | Across the ceiling , thick black veins spread out from the centre , coming to within 8–10 feet of the floor . |
| 6 | The first , rich country protectionism , comes from within global capitalism , but in the form of national as opposed to systemic interests . |