Example sentences of "come within [art] few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Last autumn he came within a few minutes of death when he slashed his wrists with a razor blade .
2 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 ?
3 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 .
4 The bad news came within a few days ; there was no place available to him at Oxford this year in the Martinmas term .
5 Everyone of the gang was known to the police and the first arrests came within a few days :
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