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Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] a couple [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Harvey produced a couple of cigars and we looked at the glow above the dark city and smoked , and Harvey said , ‘ It 's a millionaire 's toy , ’ and I said , ‘ Yes , with eight million working parts . ’
2	Lukic made a couple of brave and decisve dives to feet ( I do n't think he 'd have done that last season )
3	I 'd started my album ‘ Were n't Born A Man ’ and Mick Ronson was the arranger and producer for a couple of tracks , and David produced a couple of tracks too , but during the making of the album , David became even bigger and bigger in America and the move to America was absolutely imminent so I had to finish my own album without the help of him because he was n't around — which I did .
4	However , the fabric caught a couple of times .
5	When Richard came a couple of steps nearer — it would never have occurred to him to go back until the matter was satisfactorily settled — Harry , looking faintly surprised , as though he could n't believe that anything could be quite so simple , raised the adjustable spanner and hit him on the left side of the head , just below the ear .
6	Rob went round Fred 's flat and the Fm brothers played a couple of songs on acoustic guitar .
7	The horseman threw a couple of sacks over the backs of his horses and sat under the hedge to eat his elevenses .
8	Angalo pressed a couple of buttons .
9	There was Defries and his girlfriend and the guy I was and David called a couple of times .
10	In common with most teenagers , David took a couple of part-time jobs , one riding around on a pushbike with a basket on the front for a butcher , and another working for a record shop owned by Vic Furlong .
11	Julius 's eyes darkened a couple of shades .
12	Speed had a couple of good efforts , one from a narrow angle which missed the junction of post/crossbar by inches , and another which hit the outside of the post .
13	David had a couple of records out at the time and he sang all his songs in the show that we did .
14	Scouter Ruth Sellors , head of the group , from Farsley , near Leeds , said : ‘ Mick swam a couple of strokes , then went still . ’
15	Reynolds arrived a couple of minutes later .
16	Brenda telephoned a couple of hours later to say she was well , considering , and how was Apricot ?
17	‘ Both her parents died a couple of years back , ’ said Mrs Molesworth in an aside to Betty .
18	The same lithe figure , except that Tessa had a couple of inches advantage in height and a slightly fuller body .
19	Deane had a couple of fine shots at some thirty yards distance which went unfortunately wide .
20	He fingerspelt Bobo want chocolate ? and got what he thought might be an expression of interest as Bobo made a couple of deep whoo noises and rocked from side to side .
21	‘ John Ashenden phoned a couple of hours ago . ’
22	Finally , the voluntary mountain bike restriction for Snowdon mentioned a couple of issues ago has been agreed between the interested parties .
23	Baines told me : ‘ Reg Matthewson played a couple of matches for Bolton before becoming a referee .
24	Anyway Ronny scored a couple of goals in this match and was given 6 out of 6 point in Dagbladet and 9 out of 10 in VG so his form has to be excellent at the moment — i guess he will impress Ardiles and/or Wilko .
25	The German fired a couple of rounds to clear his guns .
26	Ralph Caulton claimed a couple of tries for NZ .
27	Rain took a couple of steps before thinking of asking him to telephone again .
28	Eddie took a couple of steps forward , her eyes fixed on the dead flowers .
29	To the right lay a couple of buff-coloured laboratory files with biology registrations and , beside them , flat open on the bench , a quarto-sized loose-leaf notebook with a ring binding .
30	The birth was fine , the bonding process took a couple of days longer , and I felt such a surge of energy rushing back into my system that I decided to open a shop at the end of the first week , and did in fact do so six weeks after the birth .