Example sentences of "but within a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | He outlined his scheme in a letter to Henry IV of Germany , whom he fondly imagined would look after the interests of the papacy in his absence , But within a year Gregory and Henry were at war , and Gregory had to divert his ‘ crusade , to deal with enemies nearer home . |
| 2 | Some sections of the press were apprehensive about the ‘ un-Englishness ’ of an armed police , but within a year 821 police constables had received instruction in the use of firearms — although some of their senior officers believed that their men were ‘ nervous and excitable ’ , ‘ men of excitable temperament ’ who were ‘ not to be trusted to use revolvers with discretion ’ . |
| 3 | But within a year Tommy Cook was appearing on the doorstep first thing in the morning with a bottle of vodka . |
| 4 | In 1604 he made an apparently excellent marriage but within a year his wife revealed her reversion to Catholicism , whereupon their estates were soon either sold or sequestrated . |
| 5 | After the death of Glanville , Benedict de Sanctum succeeded to the see of Rochester , the interdict having been removed from the Kingdom , but within a year King John was besieging Rochester Castle , the surrounding countryside was looted , and it is unlikely that Halling , having a Palace of the Bishop would have escaped . |
| 6 | After a pious and seemingly untroubled Christian upbringing , he was duly confirmed in 1861 at the age of sixteen , but within a year was already casting a cold eye on the case for a " literalistic attitude " towards Christian doctrine and asserting that " the existence of God , immortality , the authority of the Bible , inspiration and other things will always remain problems . |
| 7 | The young king had made concessions to appease the rioters and prevent further loss of life and bloody rioting , but within a year , they were revoked by Parliament , and no permanent results were obtained by Wat Tyler 's poll tax revolt . |