Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] more than [art] couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | They hardly spoke more than a couple of words in six months . |
| 2 | These do n't usually rise more than a couple of hundred metres before falling back along parabolic paths . |
| 3 | Whilst out selling with sales manager Anne King [ and sold £1,500 in two days ] , they had an appointment with a certain Mr Gomez who could n't speak more than a couple of words of English . |
| 4 | Do you know I 've served in the Army for thirty three years and I 've commanded every thing at every level in the infantry which both these gentlemen have been in , from a platoon right up now to a brig er brigade and I can honestly tell you that I have n't seen more than a couple of incidents of bullying in the whole of that time . |
| 5 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 6 | There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master . |
| 7 | The poor old PCW could n't hold more than a couple of thousand . |
| 8 | ‘ We rarely had more than a couple of deliveries a day — we did n't have the space . |
| 9 | Mystery Miguel , they call him , and he never does more than a couple of songs . |