Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Socioecology assumes that any ecological opportunity ( technically known as a niche ) exploited in the wild by animals after billions of years of evolution will be filled in a couple of months in a work environment . |
| 2 | If someone could wave a magic wand , and I could change something , I think I 'd like to go down a couple of cup sizes . |
| 3 | Some , through failing health or eyesight , were obliged to go down a couple of rungs on the ladder however , and there are an increasing number of cases in the 1940s of former compositors working as copy-holders for lower pay . |
| 4 | He checked his mirrors , changed down a couple of gears and shot the Missile past the Renault . |
| 5 | I send in a couple of men ? ’ |
| 6 | But I slip down a couple of back roads and I find it soon enough . |
| 7 | When Ceauŝescu personally came in on the act they faked a car accident and tricked up a couple of bodies for the Securitate to send back to England . |
| 8 | Specialized in throwing bricks through Jewish shop-windows , heckling leftist speakers , beat up a couple of Liberal Members of Parliament . |
| 9 | It 's interesting that team briefing thing on there , because that 's come up a couple of times recently , people have mentioned about erm team briefing as a sort of management system . |
| 10 | I took all of them , then I phoned up a couple of people I knew . |
| 11 | Up ahead Neil Coles was putting together a 66 , which eventually saw him tie with Johnny , but by the fifth or sixth , when we 'd picked up a couple of birdies to Johnny 's pars or bogey , I thought , ‘ This is our Open . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm a dealer and I 've picked up a couple of pieces which I can probably place with clients |
| 13 | Jahangir 's irritation was with the refereeing which , he reckoned , had hindered him throughout the tournament and yesterday he said it ‘ made it hard for me to catch up a couple of points ’ . |
| 14 | He did suggest that Sir Archibald send out a couple of scouts to as close as they could get to the enemy camp without being noticed , to send back word of any development there . |
| 15 | Lewis caught her , staggered back a couple of steps , then forward , as Verity wrapped her arms round his neck and her legs round his waist ; white glances of thigh against the black . |
| 16 | Seeking a quick fix for your anxiety , you knock back a couple of brandy and sodas : Dutch courage . |
| 17 | The boy fumbled in the pocket of his shirt , and drew out a couple of crumpled notes . |
| 18 | And he took a poisonous viper and forced its mouth open , and inserted a glass under its fangs and drew out a couple of drops of deadly poison . |
| 19 | ‘ I found out a couple of weeks ago . |
| 20 | He blacked out a couple of his front teeth with stage cosmetics and made his breath smell with chemical — oldest trick in the business to prevent people looking you in the face close to . |
| 21 | He prowled over to the far side of the kitchen , then slammed down a couple of plates , as if he were suddenly finding it very hard to control his own temper . |
| 22 | Could you bring in a couple of ashtrays when you come in love ? |
| 23 | ‘ You 'll have no problem at all filling in a couple of hours with all the Princes Street shops to keep you occupied . |
| 24 | The divers will carry down a couple of slings with them . |
| 25 | Before the Fijians had scored , Townsend had essayed a daring cut , but the pass to Stark was delayed over-long , while in the second-half , before the Fijians could build on their 14-0 interval advantage , Stark was the recipient of possession in some space which he embellished by brushing off a couple of tackles , only then to run crossfield into trouble . |
| 26 | Erm , two er three points would I like , erm , picking up a couple of comments earlier , and coming back to a , I think if we use a cricketing analogy , a long hop I 'd like to bowl at you Chair , and you may hit it in Mr Wincup 's direction . |
| 27 | I woke up a couple of hours later . |
| 28 | I was clumsy and had to pick up a couple of notes from the floor and wipe the bags where I 'd touched them with a handkerchief . |
| 29 | Mix up a couple of wash colours of varying intensity . |
| 30 | Next , I want to set up a couple of special features which will probably be planted in containers . |