Example sentences of "die [prep] a [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | His two infant sons had died within a few days of one another in April 1541 . |
| 2 | He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo … |
| 3 | Father and son had died within a few days of each other … |
| 4 | He told his brother that he was close to death and would die in a few days . |
| 5 | Most fatalities from T. canis infection occur during the pulmonary phase , and pups which have been heavily infected transplacentally may die within a few days of birth . |
| 6 | Mother had been taken ill suddenly and at once removed to hospital , where she died within a few days . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other . |