Example sentences of "[verb] up [prep] [art] couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relay will usually free up after a couple of doses of light oil in this manner . |
| 2 | I was utterly baffled , but I gave you the benefit of every doubt , which by this time added up to a couple of thousand . |
| 3 | It was picked up after a couple of rings . |
| 4 | In those circumstances , vitamin and mineral deficiencies do not crop up in a couple of weeks . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It 'll clear up in a couple of days . |
| 8 | Later they meet up with a couple of girls whose telephone numbers Michael finds in his pocket , and as a crazy night out they all have dinner at the Ritz . |
| 9 | Ed Behr says , ‘ You had a lot of people who were very young and very inexperienced , who showed up with a couple of cameras and there they were . |
| 10 | The plot fires off in every direction at once , almost entirely wasting some of a fine ensemble cast ( Maria De Medirios shows up for a couple of close ups and little more ) , introducing sub-plots at the very last minute ( a homosexual love affair between the opera 's leading man and director is inexplicably absent from the rest of the movie ) and turning from light comedy to an intense marital drama with no warning . |
| 11 | Well , perhaps I can say pick up on a couple of points in the discussion . |
| 12 | Some people prefer to hold the script ; others like to read off a lectern , which can be simply a tray propped up on a couple of books . |
| 13 | This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine |
| 14 | We 'll take more of your calls later , but coming up in a couple of minutes all the top action from the Scottish League . |
| 15 | ‘ We should have a rehearsal — you know , go up for a couple of days ahead of everyone else so we wo n't look like eejits . ’ |
| 16 | I just wanted to erm pick up on a couple of points that er people have made in the course of a and responses I think to my er opening statement . |
| 17 | Anthony left instructions that you could get up for a couple of hours if you felt up to it . |
| 18 | When she stopped her feeble battering I took her some tea topped up with a couple of powdered sleeping pills . |
| 19 | Have we come up with a couple of summer scorchers for you . |
| 20 | ‘ They usually come up with a couple of lesser-known names , and if I can keep the runs coming I like to think I might at least get a mention . ’ |
| 21 | I ended up with a couple of pairs of trousers , a couple of T-shirts , a jumper and a pair of shoes . |
| 22 | Strach usually comes up with a couple of good uns . |
| 23 | 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 . |