Example sentences of "couple [prep] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah erm so er yeah right that 's er because I mean what 's nice to see in these things is if you 're able to tell some sort of coherent little story from er y'know kind of these er people 's ideas , themes , speculations , evidence from previous studies and all that kind of thing and this is this is the data that we 've got that tells us something about those and says how misconceived they all are or how it may confirm them or whatever and then y'know a couple of bits sort of so it 's like a nice narrative but sort of fairly y'know sort of continuous argument going through which is nice to see and so er yeah . |
| 2 | The same lithe figure , except that Tessa had a couple of inches advantage in height and a slightly fuller body . |
| 3 | Go for a couple of shades lighter — medium warm brown , for example , or dark blonde ( sometimes known as light brown ) . |
| 4 | Erm moving on and talking about the subject of the Gascoigne Wood pits or the er proposed tip at the Gascoigne Wood pits in just a couple of moments time . |
| 5 | A few years ago I saw a couple of Eastenders stars come in erm and Ross whatever his name forget his name there were two young girls standing in front of me scraping pennies out of their purse to get in though we loved that character they wanted to come that night we 've got to get girls like that youngsters like that interested to come on other nights and then come again that 's what needs doing . . |
| 6 | QPR v Everton After a couple of wins QPR have found a familiar rut and Everton , who arrested their decline with a win at Derby , will be hoping for something similar at Shepherds Bush . |
| 7 | And the odds are the German on the sun lounger will have marked his spot early in the morning with a Game Boy and a couple of games cartridges . |
| 8 | That rarity , an album without a filler — admire every aspect as Owens finger-flicks his way through the Stax-happy , gospel croons on a couple of things Sam Cooke would have loved to wrap his larynx around , and opts for the more brooding approach on the let's do crunch of ‘ Why You Treat Me This Way ? ’ — ‘ Blues Soul ’ is remarkable not only for the performance of its outfront star , but also for that of the Pete Wingfield-led back-up squad , which nary places a quaver in the wrong place , along with Mike Vernon 's knowing production . |
| 9 | Couple of things Bill was n't it ? |
| 10 | Now just another couple of things colleagues . |
| 11 | After a couple of minutes Phoebe recovered her breath ; she pushed herself off the wall with her hands and went through the stairwell doorway into the green-painted corridor . |
| 12 | Again it see-sawed to and fro throughout the half erm last couple of minutes Banbury went twice when Peter Smith fired in a shot from twenty yards which Ricky Harding in the Almondsbury goal held very comfortably , and erm Dave Bristow again went close . |
| 13 | Just give me a couple of minutes Cindy . |
| 14 | Lowell parked the van just off Queens Road , within a couple of minutes walk of the City Museum and Art Gallery . |
| 15 | The last couple of times Yanto had seen him before joining the army , it had been touch and go . |
| 16 | Helped by a couple of purchases north of the Border , the chain has grown from 130 at the beginning of 1992 to 209 now , with operating profits leaping from just £700,000 in 1991 to £4.9 million last year . |
| 17 | Can I may a couple of queries Mr Chairman ? |
| 18 | They often have people in doing talks , so later on this or early next month I 'll be able to get a couple of hours talks . |
| 19 | After a couple of hours rest , it runs off into the bush to find food for itself , and after only twenty-four hours it is able to fly . |
| 20 | It 's so hard to work on full glow when you 've only had a couple of hours kip . |
| 21 | So we 'd go and work a couple of hours overtime or all night the scrap iron . |
| 22 | After school there would be games , Guides , all kinds of activities , and a couple of hours homework to supervise . |
| 23 | I was sitting talking to him — Chet dropped me off there and after a couple of hours Chet came back and was talking to Scotty , and I was thinking , ‘ If I was a music writer , this would be just pure gold ! ’ |
| 24 | Gloria Estefan at the moment , so I thought I 'd just get him the got a couple of records LP 's or whatever you call them now . |
| 25 | I said to Rob I said well I 'm a couple of pounds lighter . |
| 26 | Criminal plaints were sometimes filed against the thieves in order to reduce the amount of ransom , or to get a couple of rupees compensation for an eaten animal . |
| 27 | These are situated a couple of kilometres south of Matlock and are reached by turning east off the A6 just south of the junction with the A5012 . |
| 28 | Camping at Teplice ; the Adrspach area 's a couple of kms walk , although a local train may be available . |
| 29 | Last year when You Got An Ology ? was published , Richard and I graced a couple of books signings at which the chief draw was a constantly playing video of all thirty-three adverts . |
| 30 | One twelve-inch Marathon record achieved a playing-time of more than 16 minutes , spread over two sides ; but customers had to change the soundbox of their record-players to cope with ‘ hill-and-dale ’ grooves , and within a couple of years non-standardization had claimed another victim . |