Example sentences of "a few days [prep] each [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was tough on the aircrews though , going out night after night to drop bombs on targets they could n't see through the murk and the searchlights , but perhaps this very impersonality kept them going — that and the fact that they were young and usually had a few days between each mission when they could recuperate in the relative peace and tranquility of the English countryside . |
| 2 | When Miss Louisa had a second more severe stroke at the end of August , and Miss Ellen another heart attack , both old ladies died within a few days of each other . |
| 3 | Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other . |
| 4 | Observations were taken over three weekdays within a few days of each other to cover the period between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. , so that at each datapoint there were 1980 ( 11 hours x 60 minutes x 3 ) observations of activity for each individual . |
| 5 | Father and son had died within a few days of each other … |
| 6 | ‘ The deaths of father and son within a few days of each other raise questions to which I have to find satisfactory answers . |
| 7 | I believe it to be one of two aircraft , both Dornier Do 17Zs which were both shot down in the same area within a few days of each other . |