[General] I took three PCR tests.....

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Silverobama

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There's an outbreak of Covid-19 in my city. I did three times of PCR test within four days and the results are all negative. I wrote a sentence to express the idea:

I took the PCR tests three times within four days and they all turned negative.

Is my sentence natural?
 

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There's an outbreak of Covid-19 in my city. I did three [STRIKE]times of[/STRIKE] PCR tests within four days, and the results are all negative. I wrote a sentence to express the idea:

I took the PCR test three times within four days, and [STRIKE]they all turned[/STRIKE] the result is negative.
See above.
 

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A shorter way of saying that is:

I got three negative PCR [test] results in four days.
 

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It's definitely wrong to say 'I did three times of PCR test within four days ... '
 
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