Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] in [art] couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jenny 's come back in a couple of minutes . |
| 2 | Until a few weeks ago skin patients had to go for their treatment to the old dermatology hospital in this old TB ward , while research was carried out in a couple of temporary buildings . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've got to try again in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 4 | In those circumstances , vitamin and mineral deficiencies do not crop up in a couple of weeks . |
| 5 | Most of the problems will clear up in a couple of days , and your muscles will be back to normal within three to four weeks . |
| 6 | It 'll clear up in a couple of days . |
| 7 | It will do now in a couple of years time . |
| 8 | NYUP ! goes off in a couple of hundred limey brains — and are ignored . |
| 9 | Next we went to see what the hell was going on in a couple of places further down the block . |
| 10 | She 's going away in a couple of weeks with the Brownies |
| 11 | I 'm going home in a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 12 | It 's not the sort of thing you can dash off in a couple of months . |
| 13 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |
| 14 | Let's meet again in a couple of weeks or so . |
| 15 | We got settled down in a couple of cane chairs , and I gave her a cigarette . |
| 16 | We 'll take more of your calls later , but coming up in a couple of minutes all the top action from the Scottish League . |
| 17 | When you do speak to your target people , it is important to emphasize that all you want is the person 's opinion and that you will phone back in a couple of weeks to find out what they think . |
| 18 | On the reverse Jarrett had written : I 'll call back in a couple of hours . |
| 19 | He told me he was n't planning to see Mum straightaway but that he 'd call round in a couple of days to comfort her . |
| 20 | We had worked together in a couple of other wards . |
| 21 | It is an auxiliary language so people speak it as equals — and it can be learned fluently in a couple of weeks . |
| 22 | I always feel like saying , ‘ Look , it 's OK , I 'll come back in a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 23 | And I said , ‘ Well , I 'll come back in a couple of hours ; think it over some more . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Call again in a couple of days , ’ said George . |
| 25 | ‘ Come back in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 've locked up the cottage and when I come back in a couple of days I shall sell up my sister 's belongings . |
| 27 | ‘ I would n't insult you by thinking I could learn enough in a couple of days . |
| 28 | Deciding on quantities of food can be difficult but following the old and well tried method of restricting the quantity to an amount which will be snapped up in a couple of minutes works very well . |
| 29 | The alley ended abruptly in a couple of steps leading down to the sluggish black waters of a canal . |