Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] within a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years . |
| 2 | All anencephalus children are either miscarried , die stillborn , or die within a few weeks of life . |
| 3 | This is total rubbish , as if the body is to be buried or cremated within a few days after death , no such risk exists . |
| 4 | Research has shown that some old people can not survive the emotional shock of moving to the Home and die within a few weeks . |
| 5 | His move towards contracting led to his being awarded the contract for the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway in 1855 , reaching his home village a year later and passing within a few yards of his first contract , the iron bridge . |
| 6 | Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other . |
| 7 | Many are already paired from previous matings ; all are usually nesting , courting , mating and laying within a few days of arrival . |
| 8 | He retained the Treasurership , but died within a few weeks of his retirement thereby bringing to a sudden end a lifetime 's service to deaf people . |
| 9 | Robins found that Geiger readings there were halved when taken within a few feet of the ring of stones , as if the ring acted as a form of ‘ shield ’ . |