Example sentences of "be [adv prt] within [art] " in BNC.

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1 At the first , a middle-aged woman with an enormous bosom was digging a fork into a plate of salad with the precision of an accountant jabbing at his calculator , before transferring the accumulated forkful up to her rapidly masticating jaws ; and Morse knew that if he had married her , it would all have been over within the week .
2 I thought actually we had a standing order already that claims had to be in within a certain time limit
3 Coun Scott , who is also a Tory member of Darlington Council , said : ‘ The plans for the unit are proceeding as expected and we would expect the tender documents to be in within a few days . ’
4 The notices 'll be up within the week ’ .
5 If so the Harrises with their 7 children and several animals could be out within a fortnight .
6 The early completion could mean that products using the 601 could be out within the 12 to 18 month timeframe .
7 ( Our sources say , however , that CICS AIX will be out within the next six weeks , which could shed a different light on matters . )
8 If I do it that way she 'll either refuse to go , or , if she does go , she 'll be back within a short time . ’
9 He had said he 'd be back within a couple of weeks .
10 That he did not depart of his own free will is abundantly evidenced by the fact that he left behind all his belongings and expressed the intention of being back within the period of four hours .
11 They were back within a fortnight .
12 The meeting is over within an hour and we return to the camp .
13 Once it is back within the confines of home , however , it may immediately decide to go to the toilet .
14 That 's what I 'm saying , they need , they need just a little , in fact we do here you could argue , er , I feel that all the elements there are of a turning into something a bit ugly , I think , I think they were very quick to drop those statues down , now I know , I know the fellow who in , who set up the K G B could have been the most popular bloke in the Soviet Union , but nonetheless , er he was down within a day , I hear this morning that Yeltsin 's talking about border changes and quite frankly they 're moving too quick and Gorbachev at least was providing a bit of restraint , and I think it , they want to think in terms of decade .
15 The fighting was over within a minute and they were able to make their way down to the cells .
16 The whole incident was over within an hour and the patrol was able to return to their base .
17 She was back within the hour , her face shiny with dried tears , her eyes red-rimmed .
18 The results formed a report which was out within a month , and which led to far-reaching changes in our company 's approach to the problem .
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