Example sentences of "[noun] for the [num ord] couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little dabs of left brake counteracted the crosswind for the first couple of hundred yards , but above sixty knots the rudders became effective and she was easy to align just beside the centreline lights to spare us their jolting . |
| 2 | New telephone numbers have been issued to all staff , but a few main enquiry numbers will be retained and calls on the old numbers will be transferred to the new building for the first couple of months . |
| 3 | Quality DJs from all over the country have been coming to Middlesbrough for the last couple of years , including London DJs who are now returning through the Flying organisation . |
| 4 | It was arranged that I should have only a very small amount of money for the next couple of weeks That was the point : to pretend to be poverty-stricken , to see how we would manage . |
| 5 | One of the best authorities for the next couple of years of Burton 's life — back in the UK , waiting for the demob in various rural localities — is the actor Warren Mitchell . |
| 6 | Developments such as these were to occupy some of Newton 's successors for the next couple of centuries . |
| 7 | We all intend to continue the same sort of programme for the next couple of years and I have said I would like to call in next term and on a periodic basis until our responsibility ceases . |
| 8 | We have n't had overtime for the last couple of weeks . |
| 9 | Donna , satisfied that her sister was well , asked the hotel to get her a hire car for the next couple of days . |
| 10 | For example , you can form a curve in a stalk by positioning it in the required shape and then securing it with tiny pieces of tape for the first couple of days of pressing . |
| 11 | Golly it 'd be interesting to know what they 'd make of this tape for the next couple of hours . |
| 12 | Together with Nina 's secretary , Alex rescheduled most of the Editor 's appointments for the next couple of weeks . |
| 13 | S see you every four weeks for the next couple of months , When are you |
| 14 | Everything is flowing remarkably smoothly at present , so I can afford to give you my undivided attention for the next couple of weeks . |
| 15 | Silvia had stuck to her promises for the first couple of days , but then had followed a catalogue of excuses and cancelled lessons that had left Ronni feeling angry and on edge . |
| 16 | Following a long and hard season for its own loco 's Sydney and No. 24 the Broadland Line will be giving them a well earned rest for the next couple of weeks . |
| 17 | I 'm lucky enough to have a diary full of opera engagements , and my recording schedule for the next couple of years is particularly exciting : Così with Mehta [ See our interview in the next issue ! — Ed. ] , a disc of Mozart arias , and a Magic Flute ( all for Sony ) , a Don Carlos with Levine , a Verdi Requiem , all the Schubert Masses , a Verdi recital , some Russian bass/baritone duets , and a recital of Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov songs with Alexis Weissenberg ! ’ |
| 18 | I 've been promising myself a drink for the last couple of hours … ’ |
| 19 | Well the farmers for the last couple of years have been arguing that they want this green rate devalued er to try and bring it line more with the market rate er and what this would do would er increase our guaranteed prices in this country and in fact on Friday this happened er the green rate was devalued by 60%. er and so I 've done a few calculations er and for the farmers that are listening and er may understand this er if he was selling his grain in November 89 he would be getting about £99 a ton , whilst if he sells it in November this year he 'll be getting £110 a ton . |
| 20 | A group of English players are reported to be bitter at having been left out of the squad for next week 's world team championships , and inevitably , the name of the game for the next couple of days in the Open , which starts today , will be to try to make monkeys of those who omitted them . |
| 21 | Whatever enforced their absence for the last couple of years , it was n't an extensive search for a new musical direction . |
| 22 | You raised a very , very significant issue that I have n't heard much addressed in recent days and we know that there has n't really been a super power of the Soviet Union and any other military sense for the last couple of years . |
| 23 | I was living on adrenaline for the first couple of weeks . |
| 24 | The £700,000 striker missed the last two games with a badly bruised shoulder , but he has been back in training for the last couple of days and will have a late fitness check tonight . |
| 25 | But what you 're actually going to find is that what they 've divorced themselves from is the assistance and the technical help that comes from the County Council , and whilst you may have your teachers trained up to a certain point you therefore have at that particular time you you have them fully trained , and then you say oh well I do n't need any training for the next couple of years so I can step back and save on that area . |
| 26 | You get ‘ funny ’ results for the first couple of weeks … lets hope that we learn lessons , and get down to work . |
| 27 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 28 | And if you give her , just stick her to small amounts for the next couple of days |
| 29 | Clarke has not played in that position for the last couple of years , but performed excellently . |
| 30 | Mr Kaifu might accumulate enough successes to impress his party when it decides who should lead the country for the next couple of years . |