Example sentences of "[noun] down [prep] a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The windscreen wipers trudge sluggishly and ineffectively through the water , bringing visibility down to a few feet . |
| 2 | The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day . |
| 3 | So we have got his name down at a few schools |
| 4 | If he was n't home , I 'd go back to the squat and keep my head down for a few days . |
| 5 | Only when that bar in the bathroom was wafer thin or the toilet roll down to a few sheets , would the replacement be moved to the Forward Depot — the bathroom cupboard . |
| 6 | The thought damped George down for a few miles ; then he asked : ‘ How are the eyes ? ’ |
| 7 | They took the net down after a few weeks but kept it handy , you know . |