Example sentences of "within three [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 And within three minutes they were out of the house and into the car , and only then did Henry ask , ‘ What 's it all about ? ’
2 So it was an uphill struggle and within three months we were doing well in shop and I left my job and since then I 'm in Walsall .
3 Tony Zanetta : ‘ Prior to his tour of the States , David started doing dates in England and within three months he was becoming what seemed like the biggest thing in England .
4 If the pain does not settle within three months it will become chronic in the vast majority ( 87% ) .
5 Within three months it was obvious that , given the opportunity , these children could be very bright .
6 Within three months it was obvious that , given the opportunity , these children could be very bright .
7 Within three days he and Mr Primakov had written the letter to the G7 : that is , the article for Mr Smick 's magazine .
8 Within three days he felt that he had been born again .
9 And then ri , down a bit further in verse eleven , pass through the midst of the camp and command the people say , preva , prepare provisions for yourself , for within three days you are to cross this Jordan to go in and possess the land which the Lord , your God , is giving you to possess it .
10 Susan was initially upset about not being allowed to have a nappy but mother 's persistence and confidence was quickly communicated to Susan and within three days she was happily using the lavatory to pass a motion .
11 Within three weeks they die , having laid the eggs of the next generation which will be in the soil until the time comes to repeat the cycle .
12 Within three weeks I was again as fit as Carl 's fiddle .
13 Within three weeks I had handed in my dissertation , Lorne had assembled the rudimentary equipment , and with more bravado than common sense we found ourselves on the island of Celebes in the South China Sea .
14 I really felt like crying because I did n't want to leave my family behind but within three weeks I would be back with them all again .
15 Within three weeks it had sold a staggering 600,000 copies in the UK alone .
16 And he had a bit of business to attend to : within three weeks he was in Shoreditch — getting married , as we have seen .
17 You feel quite confident in interviewing both of them , but as it turns out only one of them has the imagination to emphasise with your ideas and within three weeks he is in situ .
18 He took office on 2 January 1990 and within three weeks he 'd demanded the right to approve the boards ' choices for school superintendents , a notion which later fell foul of the courts .
19 Yet , while the New Popsters produced a stream of memorable hit singles ( Culture Club 's Do You Really Want To Hurt Me , or Duran 's Hungry Like The Wolf ) , within three years they 'd all be defunct , or frantically searching for a new ‘ adult ’ audience .
20 Within three years he had emigrated to the United States .
21 Within three years he had become the most successful muslin manufacturer in Britain .
22 From then on his rise was rapid and within three years he had become the supreme influence at Edward 's court .
23 within three years you 're leaving
24 It never occurred to me that within three years I should hate the Italians with an unrelenting hatred .
25 In her case the disease had progressed rapidly with little instances of remission and her condition had deteriorated so much that within three years she was almost permanently confined to a wheelchair .
26 Dr McClure began school teaching in 1981 and within three years she became deputy headmistress at Kingswood School , Bath .
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