Example sentences of "[vb past] within a [adj] days " in BNC.
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1 | The bad news came within a few days ; there was no place available to him at Oxford this year in the Martinmas term . |
2 | Everyone of the gang was known to the police and the first arrests came within a few days : |
3 | This is total rubbish , as if the body is to be buried or cremated within a few days after death , no such risk exists . |
4 | Mrs Rumney rang within a few days . |
5 | Mother had been taken ill suddenly and at once removed to hospital , where she died within a few days . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other . |