Example sentences of "[vb base] a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heating the water , well it heated if you 'd the fire on it heated the water and then you 'd take a couple of buckets out into the bath , plug a couple of buckets in . |
| 2 | And send a couple of your boys up here to keep a lookout . |
| 3 | Or quicker still , send a couple of nifty passes upfield — and you soon learn where your team-mates are . |
| 4 | so i guess you could try for the ‘ lottery ’ ( send a couple of ones in different names ) or try faxing/calling the leeds united ticket office — i guess tickets for our game will be really hard to get items … |
| 5 | We ahd a couple of chances — Wallace made a good run but his finishing ( always a bit suspect ) let him down . |
| 6 | Grab a couple of Dry Martinis and scoot out to eat elsewhere . |
| 7 | Yes , that 's right we just get , just grab a couple of people . |
| 8 | Ordering ‘ two Bristols ’ when you want a couple of glasses of Harvey ‘ s Bristol Cream sherry can land a visitor in much the same embarrassment as assuming that ‘ cobblers ’ were the right people to mend shoes . |
| 9 | ‘ Now then , I want a couple of you to go and find your father . ’ |
| 10 | If you decide you want a couple of days off to take your grandson shopping |
| 11 | Yeah Ah they 're all right if you want a couple of wallpaper jobs , a couple of rolls is n't it ? |
| 12 | After somewhat flippantly suggesting that he head a couple of hundred miles south to the banks of the River Thames , I pointed him in the direction of a purple clad stand just two along from our own . |
| 13 | They come in , widen a few roads , build a couple of schools , and keep a firm hold over what they see as a bunch of ‘ upstart blacks ’ . ’ |
| 14 | Ideally , I would have liked to have baited on a little and often basis , say a couple of dozen lobworms and one mashed loaf every day . |
| 15 | ‘ The stomach contents were consistent with , ’ said the Inspector detachedly , ‘ say a couple of bottles of claret . ’ |
| 16 | I only found about one say a couple of awkward people , all the twenty years I was in Rhos-y-Bol . |
| 17 | And er and that that 's They had to take the top off to make it safe , that 's why I say a couple of hours work to put the top back on , erm makes balance . |
| 18 | but you know I 'd like to go , you know , say a couple of days . |
| 19 | Some of the most effective poems and stories were rather bleak , but I attach a couple of poems that appealed to me . |
| 20 | just put another pipe in it knock a couple of bricks out and knock a pipe in and that 's |
| 21 | Someone who 'd been in the right place a couple of times . |
| 22 | Thinly slice 100g/4oz Camembert and place a couple of pieces on top . |
| 23 | Continue in this way until all the seaweed has been prepared , then cover each piece with a clean sheet of blotting paper and place a couple of newspapers over the top . |
| 24 | Eva had only been at Usher a couple of months and was preparing to go to the International College for Officers ( ICO ) in London on a refresher course after her long years overseas . |
| 25 | Persuade a couple of typists to do the same . |
| 26 | Morrissey had inspired speculation by his conspicuous non-attendance at the band 's post-Albert Hall lig a couple of weeks previously . |
| 27 | ‘ I put a couple of new vultures on it . |
| 28 | If you have the spare points put a couple of heroes on Pegasi and send them into the sky where they can cover the field . |
| 29 | Now the idea is that er they put a couple of monitors and monitor your brainwaves . |
| 30 | Erm what I 'll ask Sophie to do if she 's still going on with it , she 'll be a little bit late , just put a couple of plugs in your ears while I give the answer out . |