Example sentences of "a few hours of [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Also in the house were two children , no doubt lucky to be alive , as Mrs Dyer usually despatched her charges within a few hours of receiving them . |
2 | And within a few hours of meeting 25-year-old Chris , Heather agreed to spend the rest of her life with him . |
3 | And within a few hours of taking it , that 's when this happened to me . |
4 | WITHIN a few hours of arriving in Cape Town yesterday morning , the Scotland squad had a training and nets session at a local boys ' school where the facilities were superb . |
5 | Within a few hours of becoming queen Anne wrote to the Dutch States-General setting out the basis of her policy . |