Example sentences of "down to a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals .
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 At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site .
4 The windscreen wipers trudge sluggishly and ineffectively through the water , bringing visibility down to a few feet .
5 Visibility was down to a few yards .
6 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 .
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