Example sentences of "[verb] a couple [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This took us through Bedford , Northampton , Daventry and Leamington Spa to Solihull where we all managed to catch a couple of hours ‘ shut eye ’ before heading into Birmingham . |
| 2 | well if there 's , if there 's not many people sitting in the day room , perhaps we can pinch one , all the stools seem to be taken there are n't many spare in there , can we pinch a couple of chairs please ? |
| 3 | But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’ |
| 4 | We 'll need a couple of hours at least . ’ |
| 5 | And then I 'll go up the shop and get some , I 'll need a couple of boxes . |
| 6 | We 'll need a couple of weeks to settle in before she comes . |
| 7 | " You 'll need a couple of men on the grounds . |
| 8 | Heating the water , well it heated if you 'd the fire on it heated the water and then you 'd take a couple of buckets out into the bath , plug a couple of buckets in . |
| 9 | G. visits a couple of pollutions which have been giving trouble in the last week or two . |
| 10 | You 'll be able to , there will be a form they 'll be a subject tutor comment and then there 's leeway within subject areas for the child to write a couple of sentences their |
| 11 | But the plan is for us all to write a couple of things to put on an album . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Since the semi-final everything just revolves round football , ’ says Francie , ‘ And when we were asked to write a couple of songs to mark Derry 's feat in reaching the final , we were only too happy to oblige . ’ |
| 13 | Try to write a couple of paragraphs here about why the job exists . |
| 14 | If you are likely to visit the Bridgnorth area it will be well worth your while to see it , but note that it is located a couple of miles outside the town , and a telephone call is necessary to find our when it is open , since Philip 's work involves awkward shifts . |
| 15 | Then the trouble would disappear and Robyn would heave a sigh of relief and smile at her luck , only to find the same thing happening a couple of miles down the road , and always after she 'd passed a garage or a phone box . |
| 16 | so i guess you could try for the ‘ lottery ’ ( send a couple of ones in different names ) or try faxing/calling the leeds united ticket office — i guess tickets for our game will be really hard to get items … |
| 17 | ‘ Could I buy a couple of pairs of greys from you ? ’ he asked , coming to a sudden decision . |
| 18 | We seem to have solved a couple of murders , but espionage is a job for specialists . |
| 19 | The morse message reached the waiting ships a couple of hours after that . |
| 20 | Of medium height , he was known as a dresser and had been tipped a couple of times for those best-dressed men lists . |
| 21 | Developer conferences these days seem to harbour a deep-seated resentment of Microsoft and , unfortunately , Allchin is not the most charismatic senior executive that Microsoft could have fielded — frankly he killed himself by an overlong demo ( and let us not forget that Gates himself is probably the only competitor to Jobs ’ title of demo king ) that crashed a couple of times . |
| 22 | Although it took a while and I crashed a couple of times , once I even knocked a dam down with a kite . |
| 23 | My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake . |
| 24 | We ahd a couple of chances — Wallace made a good run but his finishing ( always a bit suspect ) let him down . |
| 25 | The barman laughed and began to pull a couple of pints . |
| 26 | Caroline , Roger 's partner , came into the kitchen to refill a couple of glasses . |
| 27 | Ordering ‘ two Bristols ’ when you want a couple of glasses of Harvey ‘ s Bristol Cream sherry can land a visitor in much the same embarrassment as assuming that ‘ cobblers ’ were the right people to mend shoes . |
| 28 | If you decide you want a couple of days off to take your grandson shopping |
| 29 | ‘ John Ashenden phoned a couple of hours ago . ’ |
| 30 | Because you can tape like music , beginning music and then he can tape it , he only wants a couple of minutes beginning . |