Example sentences of "die a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a time of great personal sadness ; his first wife had died in 1927 ; he had married Katherine Harrower-Peters the following year , but she too had died a few months later in an influenza epidemic . |
| 2 | Coffey died in Bromley , Middlesex , 26 November 1852 , his eldest son Aeneas having died a few months earlier . |
| 3 | The programme concluded with a snatch of birdsong , a low trill , repeated several times before dwindling into silence ; this , the presenter announced , was the song of the dusky seaside sparrow , a species of which the last survivor had died a few days before in its aviary at Disney World in Florida . |
| 4 | Did he know he would die a few years later ? |
| 5 | When put to bed he appeared nearly lifeless and died a few hours after . ’ ) |
| 6 | Victor Frankenstein died a few hours after he had written his last word . |
| 7 | When the girl 's parents denied the engagement , the boy was beaten unconscious and died a few hours later in hospital . |
| 8 | After they left , the victim became ill and was taken to hospital where she died a few hours later . |
| 9 | Police believe he died a few hours after he was abducted . |
| 10 | Until she died a few years ago , a wise woman lived there , a strange being who wore outlandish brightly-coloured clothes and had feathers in her hair . |
| 11 | Horacio Bento Gouveia 's writings include romantic novels set in Madeira and , although he died a few years ago now , he remains the best known of Madeiran writers . |
| 12 | I used to work with him in my mother 's shop — he worked there for twenty-five years , until he died a few years ago . |
| 13 | Dad died a few years before that — I 'm not sure when . |
| 14 | CATHERINE No , she died a few years ago . |
| 15 | He died a few years back did n't he ? |
| 16 | But it 's the fact that the guy gave erm , my friend Billy , erm , died a few years ago , erm , but they , they were like best mates and they used to ju just encourage each other to like , jump on a train and come up to London , and start going in all the hospitals and praying for the sick and things like that . |
| 17 | When the Bohemian king , Wenceslas IV , heard of the revolt , he was seized by an epileptic fit and died a few days later . |
| 18 | In June 1183 , the Young King fell victim to a sudden attack of dysentery and died a few days later . |
| 19 | She died a few days later . |
| 20 | When he died a few days later Philip called off the invasion . |
| 21 | Hervey probably died a few days before 7 February 1277 . |
| 22 | Laurence del Brok probably died a few days before 25 December 1274 . |
| 23 | The stranger fell ill and died a few days later . |
| 24 | I was adopted when my own mother died a few days after I was born . |
| 25 | There was a pause , as if he was controlling his rage , before he answered , ‘ He died a few days after you left him . ’ |
| 26 | They had already recorded a performance for a television talent show , but died a few days before it was broadcast . |
| 27 | Mr James , a former University Scout , died a few days later . |
| 28 | He died a few days after peace had been declared . |
| 29 | When Louis died a few months later , Thibaut aligned with a league of dissident barons who opposed the regent of France , Louis 's widow Blanche of Castile , but he soon abandoned the barons and reconciled himself with Blanche . |
| 30 | The world of dance has lost to AIDS not only its two biggest stars of the modern era , Rudolf Nureyev and Jorge Donn , but also many less well-known talents ; they include a French choreographer , Dominique Bagouet , who died a few months ago in his early 30s . |