Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a couple of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Four of them got together over a couple of decanters of port and I listened to what I could . |
| 2 | so I got together with a couple of blokes from school ‘ Hold Your Head Up ’ by Argent was in the charts at the time We 'd play that again and again and again It was the only bass line I could play properly — because it 's so simple , it 's exactly the same all the way through . |
| 3 | At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on . |
| 4 | Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans . |
| 5 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 6 | He simply wished that he did n't have to contend with the unspoken supposition that the two of them were hiding up there on the Step and banging away like a couple of baboons , which he saw in the eyes of more than one person who wished him good morning when he went into town to pick up his mail . |
| 7 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've got to try again in a couple of hours . ’ |
| 9 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 10 | Living only for a couple of microseconds on average , the muon can not go from atom to atom catalysing fusion and liberating energy indefinitely ; the dream of the ages is n't so easily fulfilled . |
| 11 | It will do now in a couple of years time . |
| 12 | I was looking forward to a couple of hours of vigorous strolling in the company of what I assumed would be a garrulous , suitably eccentric English guide . |
| 13 | When our 'plane touched down at Ibiza Airport , we were looking forward to a couple of weeks in the sun , hoping that the children would be amused and we could just relax . |
| 14 | She said : ‘ I got home with a couple of bags and discovered a horror of horrors . |
| 15 | She 's going away in a couple of weeks with the Brownies |
| 16 | They went ahead in the 30th minute when Tommy Gaynor skipped away from a couple of tackles and let fly from 25 yards : no sign of gratitude there for Eoin Hand , Huddersfield 's manager , who had helped along his fellow-Irishman 's career in the early days at Limerick . |
| 17 | I 'm going home in a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 18 | Im all for giving an attacker the chance and boosting his confidence by allowing to play even after a couple of no-scoring games — but in the Deane case i feel it has gone a little to far . |
| 19 | He had bundled everything he had worn yesterday into a couple of carrier-bags . |
| 20 | ‘ Then get home for a couple of hours . |
| 21 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 22 | Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation . |
| 23 | Let's meet again in a couple of weeks or so . |
| 24 | ‘ Then we 'll be travelling together for a couple of stops . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He just said he was thinking of coming home for a couple of days , if that was all right . |
| 27 | well you could get one , one and a half ton truck on it and it was driven across with a couple of |
| 28 | You only lived here for a couple of years . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If you can bear to wait here for a couple of minutes , I 'll go and see . ’ |
| 30 | I 'd been muttering unhappily to a couple of friends about how hopelessly disorganized a particular campaign I 'd got involved with seemed to be when a strange man next to us started a similar but louder tirade about how useless Switchboard was , how everyone knew they were ripping off money from their fund raising and what a lousy job they did in his ( extremely small and third-hand ) experience . |