Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [adj] couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little dabs of left brake counteracted the crosswind for the first couple of hundred yards , but above sixty knots the rudders became effective and she was easy to align just beside the centreline lights to spare us their jolting . |
| 2 | New telephone numbers have been issued to all staff , but a few main enquiry numbers will be retained and calls on the old numbers will be transferred to the new building for the first couple of months . |
| 3 | It was arranged that I should have only a very small amount of money for the next couple of weeks That was the point : to pretend to be poverty-stricken , to see how we would manage . |
| 4 | We all intend to continue the same sort of programme for the next couple of years and I have said I would like to call in next term and on a periodic basis until our responsibility ceases . |
| 5 | It was an alarming omen for the Imperial couple , but on 16 March 1856 Eugénie fulfilled her duty by giving birth to a son , thus securing the future of the dynasty , though The Times noted sombrely that since Louis XIV no direct heir had ever succeeded to the French throne . |
| 6 | We have n't had overtime for the last couple of weeks . |
| 7 | Donna , satisfied that her sister was well , asked the hotel to get her a hire car for the next couple of days . |
| 8 | For example , you can form a curve in a stalk by positioning it in the required shape and then securing it with tiny pieces of tape for the first couple of days of pressing . |
| 9 | Golly it 'd be interesting to know what they 'd make of this tape for the next couple of hours . |
| 10 | CorelDRAW has been the best-selling PC drawing package for the past couple of years . |
| 11 | Everything is flowing remarkably smoothly at present , so I can afford to give you my undivided attention for the next couple of weeks . |
| 12 | Each evening for the past couple of months Lurgan town centre — like many other towns — has been sealed by the RUC from early evening . |
| 13 | Following a long and hard season for its own loco 's Sydney and No. 24 the Broadland Line will be giving them a well earned rest for the next couple of weeks . |
| 14 | I 'm lucky enough to have a diary full of opera engagements , and my recording schedule for the next couple of years is particularly exciting : Così with Mehta [ See our interview in the next issue ! — Ed. ] , a disc of Mozart arias , and a Magic Flute ( all for Sony ) , a Don Carlos with Levine , a Verdi Requiem , all the Schubert Masses , a Verdi recital , some Russian bass/baritone duets , and a recital of Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov songs with Alexis Weissenberg ! ’ |
| 15 | I 've been promising myself a drink for the last couple of hours … ’ |
| 16 | Trouble for the carefree couple , though , was just around the corner |
| 17 | A group of English players are reported to be bitter at having been left out of the squad for next week 's world team championships , and inevitably , the name of the game for the next couple of days in the Open , which starts today , will be to try to make monkeys of those who omitted them . |
| 18 | Whatever enforced their absence for the last couple of years , it was n't an extensive search for a new musical direction . |
| 19 | You raised a very , very significant issue that I have n't heard much addressed in recent days and we know that there has n't really been a super power of the Soviet Union and any other military sense for the last couple of years . |
| 20 | I was living on adrenaline for the first couple of weeks . |
| 21 | It 's a word that has been percolating in dance music for the past couple of years , a reminder that there was life before raves , gripping club culture by the scruff of its Joe Bloggs shirt , and shaking it until the penny drops . |
| 22 | Player-manager Roy McDonough , who has been confined to bed with flu for the past couple of days , is happy with the likes of Robert Hopkins , Steve McGavin , Gary Bennett , Paul Abrahams and himself from which to choose as the U's bid to launch a late bid for the end of season play-off phase . |
| 23 | The £700,000 striker missed the last two games with a badly bruised shoulder , but he has been back in training for the last couple of days and will have a late fitness check tonight . |
| 24 | But what you 're actually going to find is that what they 've divorced themselves from is the assistance and the technical help that comes from the County Council , and whilst you may have your teachers trained up to a certain point you therefore have at that particular time you you have them fully trained , and then you say oh well I do n't need any training for the next couple of years so I can step back and save on that area . |
| 25 | ‘ We believe the items are a vital breakthrough in the hunt for the young couple 's murderers . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We believe the items are a vital breakthrough in the hunt for the young couple 's murderers . ’ |
| 27 | Det Supt Jack Leyland , heading the investigation , said : ‘ We believe the items are a vital breakthrough in the hunt for the young couple 's murderers . ’ |
| 28 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 29 | Clarke has not played in that position for the last couple of years , but performed excellently . |
| 30 | Furthermore , competition has reduced somewhat because a number of the smaller software houses have disappeared due to the recession ; and the group is recruiting again , after having frozen this activity for the past couple of years . |