Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the [adj] couple [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
2 | Four Buddhist priests prayed for the royal couple during their visit but they left still looking like complete strangers . |
3 | Used for the past couple of years in their mainstream freestanding CD players , Technics 's single-bit converter system MASH ( Multi-Stage Noise Shaping ) has now found its way into a new portable machine , the SL-XPS900 . |
4 | This site has been used for the past couple of years without any problems . |
5 | As it turned out , the studio ‘ was n't up to much any more and half the equipment was broken ’ , but , according to Mondays ' manager Nathan McGough , ‘ a little light went on as soon as I met Chris and Tina , so I phoned them to ask what they thought of the band and what they had planned for the next couple of months ’ . |
6 | However , it has not officially been published for the last couple of years and the figures shown for 1986/87 are unofficial ones culled from the published NHS annual accounts ( DHSS , 1988 ) . |