Example sentences of "for the [num ord] couple [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first couple of hours at least , the world of the BBC and ITN election studios seemed like something out of science fiction — with science and fiction in roughly equal measures . |
| 2 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
| 3 | Babies are n't very nice for the first couple of years of their lives either , though it is modern to say the opposite . |
| 4 | For the first couple of years , I was angry , permanently bad-tempered , and sexually frustrated . |
| 5 | My arrival put paid to her travels — at least for the first couple of years . ’ |
| 6 | For the first couple of years I shared a flat with a friend , then my paternal grandmother died and unexpectedly left me a small legacy . |
| 7 | Well it 's not a yes yes for the garden because I would n't have room for it but it 's certainly a yes yes in my shelter delt because the birds love the berries and it really encourages them to use that shelter delt but it is n't as , as easy to grow , it 's , one tends to think of the nature plant as a tough plant but I 've been trying to establish about thirty of these in the shelter delt and I 've found they object to any form of total weedkiller round the root , so all the , the weedkillers that you would use for the first couple of years maybe to , to keep the , the weeds from growing round the stems , they tend to get chlorotic and die . |
| 8 | I mean if you 're doing me medicine , for the first couple of years you you 're just doing text book work are n't you , mostly ? |
| 9 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |
| 10 | I was living on adrenaline for the first couple of weeks . |
| 11 | Fine for the first couple of weeks , but then there 's all that tedious paperwork . ’ |
| 12 | Bloody clouds of flies and biting things and humming whatsits and for the first couple of weeks you think how extraordinary , well it does n't matter getting bitten , everyone else is , except Matt with his NASA US-Govt issue personal mosquito repellent and corned-beef face-protector . |
| 13 | You get ‘ funny ’ results for the first couple of weeks … lets hope that we learn lessons , and get down to work . |
| 14 | ‘ It will be mad for the first couple of months . |
| 15 | New telephone numbers have been issued to all staff , but a few main enquiry numbers will be retained and calls on the old numbers will be transferred to the new building for the first couple of months . |
| 16 | The focal point of San Miguel was the swimming pool and , for the first couple of days , we were perfectly content to nurture our sun tans between cooling dips in the pool . |
| 17 | For the first couple of days this was stirring stuff — until practical difficulties began to take their toll . |
| 18 | For example , you can form a curve in a stalk by positioning it in the required shape and then securing it with tiny pieces of tape for the first couple of days of pressing . |
| 19 | For the first couple of days he 'd used it to shave and wash but now he was finding it too icy . |
| 20 | Silvia had stuck to her promises for the first couple of days , but then had followed a catalogue of excuses and cancelled lessons that had left Ronni feeling angry and on edge . |
| 21 | For the last couple of times , Neil Kinnock has tried to look working class and dropped his aitches , and this year Paddy Ashdown came out in favour of a well-hung parliament and dropped his trousers . |
| 22 | Go for the last couple of lines whate whatever stage you 're at . |
| 23 | If our climate continues to be as mild as it has been for the last couple of winters we may yet challenge our French and German competitors ! ’ |
| 24 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 25 | I 've been promising myself a drink for the last couple of hours … ’ |
| 26 | So Frances and Mrs Malloy — four grown-up children and seven grandchildren — danced together for the last couple of hours . |
| 27 | For the last couple of weeks , I had two posters in my windows , facing on to a fairly busy street . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , folks , we may not have heard our favourite songbird sing for the last couple of weeks , but it 's certainly nice to know our very own Rory can still put on one hell of a floorshow ! ’ |
| 29 | We have n't had overtime for the last couple of weeks . |
| 30 | Yes , I 'm sure he 's a very very happy man tonight , he 's been looking forward to this game tremendously for the last couple of weeks . |