Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv prt] a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're walking past this telly shop when Marie suddenly stops and goes back a couple of steps . |
| 2 | The boy fumbled in the pocket of his shirt , and drew out a couple of crumpled notes . |
| 3 | And he took a poisonous viper and forced its mouth open , and inserted a glass under its fangs and drew out a couple of drops of deadly poison . |
| 4 | When Ceauŝescu personally came in on the act they faked a car accident and tricked up a couple of bodies for the Securitate to send back to England . |
| 5 | Joe trotted off and came back a couple of minutes later , holding a parcel . |
| 6 | He felt in his purse and threw down a couple of copper coins . |
| 7 | He also added his own adaptation of early Beefheart into his strange songs , recorded them and pressed up a couple of hundred records for friends , family and whoever . |
| 8 | Donaldson had jumped from his chair and stumbled back a couple of paces , and Hennessy had removed himself even further . |
| 9 | ‘ Now I want you to call a courier and sort out a couple of juicy documents to somebody not too far away , but it does n't matter who . |
| 10 | Rising to his feet , he stretched , as sleek and graceful as one of his own cats , and switched on a couple of standard lamps . |
| 11 | And er he would n't tell me what the message was you see , he would just say , Well go across to the other yard and shunt out a couple of coaches you see . |
| 12 | But he still went on , left his unit , and took out a couple of generals before getting back to our lines . |
| 13 | After she had gone , Lissa went over to the security cupboard and took out a couple of files and two slim ledgers . |
| 14 | He came into the kitchen with her , perching upon one of units and watching her as she boiled the kettle and took down a couple of mugs . |
| 15 | Against all predictions , the Tories increased support to 25.7 per cent and won back a couple of seats . |
| 16 | After four attempts to set our 45lb CQR in the thin sand-over-rock bottom , we gave up and put out a couple of 40lb Danforths , both of which bit hard on the first attempt . |
| 17 | Maybe she could trade some haulage klicks for the crystal and take along a couple of pods on the open market , legit , for the fine . |
| 18 | We all donned gloves and picked up a couple of Harris 's hawks . |
| 19 | Josie laid down her comb , and picked up a couple of big plastic clips from a box on the makeup table . |