Example sentences of "[verb] a couple [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a time-consuming but very satisfying pastime and I 've won a couple of rally trophies which have added to the pleasure , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Yeah Ah they 're all right if you want a couple of wallpaper jobs , a couple of rolls is n't it ? |
| 3 | From the corner of my eye I saw Nigger retreat a couple of paw lengths , perhaps to get a better run at me . |
| 4 | The cache system survives , and I 've even added a couple of petrol bombs to one or two of the secret stores , where a likely avenue of attack comes in over terrain the bottles would smash on , but the trip-wires I 've dismantled and left in the shed . |
| 5 | BETTIE SERVEERT , acclaimed Dutch quartet , have added a couple of headline dates in London and Bristol . |
| 6 | However , teenagers do not go out saying to themselves that they are going to smash a couple of telephone boxes or fight another group of teenagers . |
| 7 | Fenella was easily bribed with the promise of an ice-cream on the way home and Lisabeth kept her company by devouring a couple of choc ices , which meant I had to wash down the upholstery of Armstrong 's back seat that evening . |
| 8 | The word processor also has a couple of bonus features — a thesaurus and spell checker based on the concise versions from Harper Collins . |
| 9 | Well , we recently reviewed a couple of power attenuators by Palmer , and now the American company PS Systems have launched a product to help you run an amp flat out , but at a volume that wo n't offend even the most sensitive ears . |
| 10 | Well they 've er , done a couple of couple of |
| 11 | No , no , no , we get , they could do a couple of duff hands and we could do |
| 12 | I 'm admitting that through writing this article , the article I vowed never to write , I have missed a couple of nappy changes , and I feel so guilty about that . |
| 13 | Figs 9–10 show a couple of example fingerings . |
| 14 | He rearranged a couple of silver paperweights and brushed his long white hair with his hand . |
| 15 | When I had first arrived I had seen a couple of press people milling around , but now there seemed to be a whole platoon of them , cameras at the ready . |
| 16 | I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how . |
| 17 | He played a couple of reserve and A team games for us on trial . |
| 18 | He played a couple of reserve and A team games for us on trial . |
| 19 | We played a couple of club dates , one of which was filmed as the next video for ‘ Back To The Light ’ , and then we did three smallish stadium gigs with Joe Cocker and the B-52s , and they went very well too . |
| 20 | I moved in the end from discomfort , from stiffness : made a couple of circling shuffles on my knees , an unthought-out search for a nest to lie in , to die in , maybe . |
| 21 | Pop a couple of starfruit in my trolley , I 'm splashing out . |
| 22 | and sods and I , I , I 'd like to buy a couple of lighting effects , but I mean |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got a couple of phone numbers for him too . |
| 24 | I 've got a couple of lab reports to rush through for Niall . ’ |
| 25 | And and she 's got a couple of lady solicitors who come to her ! |
| 26 | Oh , I 've got a couple of loaf tins . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've got a couple of dressage horses at livery . |
| 28 | Which , I later discovered , was most forthcoming for George but he 'd already had a couple of orange squashes himself . |
| 29 | After young bands have had a couple of hit singles , with their album selling well , everybody wants to see them perform live . |
| 30 | We 've had a couple of bomb threats lately and it 's been installed to warn staff to clear the building . |