Example sentences of "by a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Anchor brewery had been built in 1757 by a couple of brewers from Bethnal Green called Wastfield and Moss , at a time when the district was so quiet and un-built-up you could still see ships passing on the Thames from the brewery windows . |
| 2 | Ashcroft , who took over at Salford when Alex Murphy left in 1980 , has had two spells at the Willows , broken by a couple of seasons at Warrington between 1982 and 1984 . |
| 3 | There is now very active sniping , followed by a couple of Moaning Minnies exploding close by , forcing us to take cover from the flying shrapnel . |
| 4 | Charles looked around for a suitable candidate and nudged , no doubt , by a couple of doting grandmothers , found Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 5 | ‘ Put it this way , I was approached a few months ago by a couple of guys in one of my clubs who said that they wanted to see the gaffer . |
| 6 | A man from Dyno-Rod was called in , to be followed , shortly afterwards , by a couple of detectives from Hornsey police station . |
| 7 | Sears put on 2 to 92p , helped along by a couple of brokers ' recommendations . |
| 8 | Dury 's reputation as something of a hellraiser has been sustained by a couple of recent incidents : what he describes as his ‘ bit of bother at the opera ’ ( a minor fracas enthusiastically reported by the tabloid newspapers ) and an appearance on Nicky Campbell 's Radio 1 show , when Dury , who had dined well before going on air , spoke with unusual frankness on a number of subjects . |
| 9 | The outcrop pattern near the coast shows offsetting by a couple of small east-west trending faults . |
| 10 | You may see the spectre of Wild Will Darrel on a black horse , followed by a couple of hounds , but be careful at the sight of a burning baby . |
| 11 | At least sheep trot about doing their own unpleasant things well out of sight of the farmhouse kitchen window , and can be brought home by a couple of mad , slavering collies and a man with a whistle . |
| 12 | Noreen was only older by a couple of years , but their mark was laid heavily on her , just as it was on the Rafferty regulars . |
| 13 | He had grabbed hold of Cliff and had him halfway over the ship 's side and would have dumped him into the dock had he not been restrained by a couple of his workmates . |
| 14 | With magnificent sea views , this one-time mariners ' inn combines the charm and hospitality of a bygone age with present-day comfort , and is happily run by a couple who genuinely like other people . |
| 15 | After the design is finished the transfers must be protected by a couple of thin coats of clear spray-on lacquer otherwise they will scratch off . |
| 16 | But , of course , slabs of whatever shape must overlap the liner by a couple of inches , so our crazy paving did n't fit as it should … in the end , it was a case of another jigsaw , but these pieces could n't be cut . |
| 17 | In the example I 've shown a simple three chord B dorian progression ( Bm , A , E ) with each of the chords followed by a couple of double stops . |
| 18 | There 's sunbursts and there 's sunbursts , and although this one is flawed by a couple of sanding marks around the back , the overall effect is more than a little tasty . |
| 19 | The ceremony was hosted by a couple dressed in matching velvet Babygros , his tipped off by a woolly bobble , hers with what appeared to be a cat 's tail . |
| 20 | These people had been contacted by a couple who had opened their home for evangelistic supper parties . |
| 21 | She was too tall ( taller than the boy by a couple of inches , it was judged ) , too old ( ‘ They lie about her age . |
| 22 | Two or three directories should then be piled on top of each other , followed by a couple of books ( not containing any flowers ) to act as weights . |
| 23 | SACRED Sexuality is a doctrine being preached by a couple of Czechs called Zek and Misha Halu , and they are currently holding weekend courses to teach Westerners how to fulfil their own sexual potential . |
| 24 | More portraits , if possible duller still , and lightened by a couple of horrendous still-lifes , dead hares and poultry , staring eyes and blood congealing from beaks and nostrils ; just the thing to give one an appetite for meals . |
| 25 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 26 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 27 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 28 | Examples are an orphaned marital child adopted by a couple neither of whom were its natural parents ; a marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; a non-marital child adopted by a couple one of whom was the natural parent ; or adopted by a couple neither of whom was the natural parent . |
| 29 | It was run by a couple of brothers who had started with one large pub in North London and had built the company , by dint of aggressive take-over tactics and shrewd property dealing , to a sizeable enterprise with a turnover of nearly forty million pounds . |
| 30 | After the Cambridge , UK company had been pursued by a couple of unwanted suitors , Santa Cruz Operation Inc last week stepped in and took high-flying IXI Ltd out of the loop . |