Example sentences of "to be a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though flanked by what ought to be a couple of monstrosities of incongruence — the Hilton Hotel and the nineteenth-century Fisherman 's Bastion — all seem quite compatible . |
| 2 | It only needs to be a couple of shelves but think of all the thrills , spills and adventures you can pack into that space . |
| 3 | Like they 'd crawl across the floor in restaurants pretending to be a couple of dogs . |
| 4 | It used to be a couple of coastguard cottages but has now been converted and sleeps twenty five in twin bedded rooms . |
| 5 | He turned out to be a couple of inches shorter than Maxim himself , but slightly heavier in build , the figure of a boxer rather than a sprinter — except for those tiny hands . |
| 6 | Gwen looked to be a couple of years older than herself , and , whereas Leo was dark , his sister was a redhead with green eyes , which looked as though they might be very astute , Hilary decided with sinking spirits . |
| 7 | Apart from being an historian , currently engaged on research into the Welton family , whose ancestral home happens to be a couple of miles away . |
| 8 | we have n't had one for oh many what fifteen , twenty years a co er there used to be a couple of women used to come to sell rock . |
| 9 | I tell you what I was quite disappointed as that , there was no , did n't seem to be a couple of stair up in the box office either the Lyceum I could see or there 's not that there 's |
| 10 | The ice needs to be at least 2in thick ; the hole only needs to be a couple of inches wide . |
| 11 | Oh it does , and he said to me , erm this afternoon , he said eh , oh he said eh , your weight loss is really , really noticing this week , and I thought well , even if I had lost weight this week it 's only going to be a couple of pounds , and a couple of pounds would not notice . |
| 12 | So erm you know I 'm glad it 's only that but I suspect when the day comes his car will but he took these erm homeopathic tranquillisers of course thinking his test was going to be a couple of weeks ago . |
| 13 | and there 's only going to be a couple of people there she knows and she was gon na ring Marie and see if Rob and I could go , you know , really as a , to keep , make up a foursome sort of thing |
| 14 | I suppose there are bound to be a couple of people . |
| 15 | Nor was it of much use to youth workers , as what it boiled down to was a couple of blocking techniques , a punch and a bite : a self-appointed , self-defence expert showing off . |