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Old 08-08-2012
If you looked at the code, you'd notice that the script checks the FIRST field $1==s. In your sample is empty where you check for a string 'ABC'.
Possible change - you might change to be more restrictive based on your objectives:
Code:
awk -v s='ABC' -v l=3 '$0 ~ s{f=l+1};f&&f--' myFile

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