Example sentences of "[vb past] within a few [noun] of " in BNC.
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1 | Last year , Britain hosted within a few weeks of each other the Moscow City Ballet , Moscow Classical Ballet , Moscow Ballet La Classique and the Russian State Ballet . |
2 | Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade . |
3 | In any case , how could she look into his eyes and convince him she would n't touch him with a ten-foot pole when every time he came within a few feet of her she quivered inside , remembering the fierce and all too brief pressure of his mouth on hers ? |
4 | As she came within a few yards of it , however , a shudder passed down its spine , and it rolled over , showing its face to the sleet . |
5 | The man threatened a cashier with a handgun in the raids which happened within a few hours of each other . |
6 | All these developments certainly happened within a few months of each other . |
7 | It was n't until she got within a few yards of him that he realized it was Maisie . |
8 | She passed within a few feet of an arrow slit from which a light showed , but she was too far away to see into the room where the verderers were . |
9 | Mr Barker said he had n't insisted that the customer should produce a banker 's card because she lived within a few doors of the shop . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other . |
13 | How the serious issues emerged within a few years of the miracle of Heliodorus is the question . |