Example sentences of "[adv] a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was asking them which was their favourite area , not unsurprisingly a couple of them mentioned the Lake District — anytime except in the summer holidays . |
| 2 | His wife had died suddenly a couple of years back . |
| 3 | Apparently a couple of somersaults ensured a complete write-off . |
| 4 | The two of them were merely a couple of outstanding lady tennis players , one of whom had won Wimbledon . |
| 5 | In all this , there are perhaps a couple of things which look plausible when we compare the philosopher 's child with our mental picture ; Aristotle 's observation that children are immature and Mill 's suggestion that they might need protection . |
| 6 | During his ministerial years , however , he had used it relatively little — ten days at Christmas , a week in early August , and perhaps a couple of other visits during the year . |
| 7 | In the Midlands , even in the large industrial towns , we find markets still being carried on with stalls pitched in a large open space , covering perhaps a couple of acres , exactly in the medieval fashion . |
| 8 | Oh er perhaps a couple of months . |
| 9 | If the May issue of Medau News is still short of regional news , perhaps a couple of items from Edinburgh will come in useful . |
| 10 | However , Gibson had no experience on the Mossie and would have benefited a great deal from a few hours with the PFF Mossie Unit at Warboys — perhaps a couple of low-level bombing attacks on our bombing range . |
| 11 | No I I 'd suggest perhaps a couple of categories of non-verbal communication . |
| 12 | Yeah but , I mean , yes , I mean , you 've got a cold , you gon na be off , perhaps a couple of weeks . |
| 13 | ‘ We will be back in the summer for perhaps a couple of days when we have got the bigger picture and can ask more intelligent questions , ’ he said . |
| 14 | perhaps a couple of little roses or something like that |
| 15 | And so a couple of hours later , it was Burkett who drove the coach and four to the top of Dunmail Raise while Hope and Sylvia walked behind to spare the horses the effort , even though , as Burkett had pointed out , two passengers were light work for four horses . |
| 16 | So a couple of jokers in the Leeds crowd started shouting ‘ FAG , FAG , FAG ’ in a jovial manner whenever anyone tried to smoke . |
| 17 | So a couple of pairs were brought to this country to breed . |
| 18 | So a couple of bits have gone . |
| 19 | If you 're in the phone book , it takes only a couple of rings to confirm your absence before some toe-rag pays an unwelcome visit . |
| 20 | He said that only a couple of other booksellers in the country had been brave enough to ignore the letters . |
| 21 | Most unfortunate , had been in action only a couple of hours . |
| 22 | The village was quiet with only a couple of old men sitting on a bench outside the church as we drove through the gates of the big house and along the road through the village , passing the Chateau where the Commando dead had been placed on the front lawn shortly after we had entered the village , and during the bitter fighting of the first ten days . |
| 23 | In fact they needed little breaking in and after only a couple of long walks they were very comfortable indeed . |
| 24 | Going to grammar school really made me isolated It was only a couple of miles away from where I lived but that 's a long way when you 're only 11 — years-old and all your mates from junior school had gone to the local comprehensive round the corner . |
| 25 | Only a couple of days before Maggie had pointed out how the great cathedral dominated the city , like the spines along a dragon 's back , while the other buildings lay in a rough sprawl . |
| 26 | With no food and only a couple of bottles of Lucozade in the car , she knew that if the delay lasted much longer , her blood glucose could fall to such a dangerously low level , that she risked slipping into a diabetic coma . |
| 27 | The end of the bridge was clearly visible as it grew out of the far bank , and needed only a couple of rafts to make it complete . |
| 28 | The train that leaves Montreal comprises only a couple of day coaches , linking up with the main service 10 hours later at the junction town of Sudbury , Ontario . |
| 29 | Most users would then have to wait only a couple of hours for a new telephone . |
| 30 | Only a couple of kids larking about . |