Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er we had a lovely one but frost got that a couple of years ago . |
| 2 | Cm.918 sought to address this issue by committing the government to see if these reports could be made available a couple of months earlier . |
| 3 | He 'd chain-smoke a couple of Merits while we chatted about what had happened since our last meeting and then he 'd hand me over to the guy in the room next door for a routine polygraph . |
| 4 | Could I then come to the body of the report , rather than the East Grinstead by-pass , which I , I , I I agree is , is pertinent erm I was , I read this a couple of times because I was a bit confused about the rather if I may say so convoluted argument that was in it erm I think I understand the argument that the erm is that the Mid Sussex District Council have asked for advice and the recommendation is that advice . |
| 5 | It became redundant a couple of years ago when the Chipmunk glider tug it was providing spares for was replaced by a Piper Pawnee . |
| 6 | By dialling 150 a couple of weeks before you move , you can arrange for the phone in your new home to be connected . |
| 7 | I have tried this a couple of times and have got away with it . |
| 8 | And watch out with the scale on these , on histograms , and on any graphs because , what happens I mean I was watching somebody do this a couple of days ago . |
| 9 | It seems he first complained of a headache and feeling shivery a couple of days ago . |