Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 2 | ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself . |
| 3 | Sears put on 2 to 92p , helped along by a couple of brokers ' recommendations . |
| 4 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 5 | This on-line printer library can magic up a driver for any printer you are ever likely to meet in under a couple of minutes . |
| 6 | The two boys picked up their pints and moved over to a couple of chairs by the fire , just vacated by an elderly couple . |
| 7 | The relay will usually free up after a couple of doses of light oil in this manner . |
| 8 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 9 | It was picked up after a couple of rings . |
| 10 | Parry has turned down an offer to play in the World Matchplay and with it , an automatic £12,500 reward , and has also decided to pull out of a couple of rich Japanese tournaments , so that he can play again next week in the BMW International . |
| 11 | A film editor friend has just come back from a couple of weeks of yoga , a music producer I know goes to St James , Piccadilly , where they have spiritual talks on a Monday evening , while a designer friend does Chi-Kung , a Chinese movement like Tai-Chi , where you have to ‘ stand like a tree ’ . |
| 12 | Jenny 's come back in a couple of minutes . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’ |
| 15 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 16 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 17 | Rico came in with a couple of white towels , which he threw on the table . |
| 18 | In those circumstances , vitamin and mineral deficiencies do not crop up in a couple of weeks . |
| 19 | We acclimatise with shorter trips for the first few days , then split for free sailing , meeting up for a couple of days to brief for another long session of free sailing . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It 'll clear up in a couple of days . |
| 22 | NYUP ! goes off in a couple of hundred limey brains — and are ignored . |
| 23 | I would feel tired , back off for a couple of days , but then go straight back into it again . |
| 24 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 25 | Next we went to see what the hell was going on in a couple of places further down the block . |
| 26 | So why do n't we both get back to work now , instead of nattering on like a couple of housewives over the garden fence ? ’ |
| 27 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 28 | In this small picture , you look down on a couple of hundred thousand people and their bodies are as invisible as microbes . |
| 29 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 30 | It 's not the sort of thing you can dash off in a couple of months . |