Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] within [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He promised to return within a few weeks , bearing a bonnet of fashionable design . |
| 2 | He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss . |
| 3 | My paternal grandparents had died within a few months of each other whilst she was training , and as Grandfather had tied up all his savings in annuity for my grandmother , none of his children had inherited anything from him . |
| 4 | His two infant sons had died within a few days of one another in April 1541 . |
| 5 | Father and son had died within a few days of each other … |
| 6 | Since Freemantle had to walk within a few yards of Leapor 's door whenever she approached Brackley from Hinton , it is perhaps odd that they had not met at least in passing . |
| 7 | The gun had landed within a few inches of Blake . |