From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwithin minuteswithin minutesSOONvery soon after something has happened The ambulance was there within minutes.within minutes of doing something He had his car stolen within minutes of arriving at the office. → minute
Examples from the Corpus
within minutes of doing something• Amex's local office within minutes of being sent.• Back and forth I traveled, sometimes within minutes of each other.• He was arrested within minutes of making the calls.• His plane landed within minutes of a plane carrying Castro.• Lawrence looked ahead to a new challenge within minutes of celebrating a dramatic ten-man two-goal comeback at Wolves.• Mitchell had met both Isaac and Sister Vera within minutes of his arrival on the island eight months previously.• Nor is the waiting made any easier when, at 11.00 p.m. two carp roll over my swim within minutes of each other.• Two other Protestant men were shot within minutes of the attack. 