Example sentences of "a couple [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were a couple of sharp boys , his nephews , especially Sean . |
| 2 | She watched as the woman muttered something in Italian and Guido responded with a couple of sharp questions . |
| 3 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 4 | Can we have a couple of final comments , cos we 're gon na have to draw to close . |
| 5 | ‘ Passed up a couple of total certs to come to your bloody bun-fight , ’ she complained , though she was looking at the poor child all the time , with her eyes half-closed and tossing her head so the sockets would catch the light . |
| 6 | I can imagine some unpleasant things happening with the sling , too ; the sling-bombs have to be on a pretty short fuse if they 're to detonate soon enough after they land not to be throw-backable , and I 've had a couple of close calls already when they 've gone off just after they left the sling . |
| 7 | But then again yo you 're you 're advised against going over the speed limit that most people do , I do I I tell yo like I said I 'm not a saint cos like a couple of times when I was first driving , especially in my fucking sprint cos it was a quick car I used to drive up people 's arses and wait until I could overtake them and if they did slow down that used to incense me and I 'd fucking , I 'd go right up there arse and then probably try and cut them up when I went , overtook them and I s fucking learnt , I got a I had a couple of close calls like , people are slamming brakes on and stuff |
| 8 | Andrew says : ‘ It was a small affair with just family and a couple of close friends at our house . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Oh , cos he did a couple of nice bits for us in the past |
| 11 | I think I might just get a couple of nice hankies to go with them . |
| 12 | No she has a couple of nice pieces though . |
| 13 | Although she 'd seen a couple of nice men recently , when it came to the heavy breathing Miranda found that she did n't want to be touched intimately by anyone she did n't know well . |
| 14 | Whatever your opinion of ABBA 's music , you must admit they had a hell of a knack for penning a commercial tune ; the chord sequence here is fairly standard but with a couple of nice twists , with the bass playing a central role in the arrangement . |
| 15 | I 've had a couple of nice chats with the people at GMTV , but I told them I was n't in a hurry to decide what I would do next and frankly I do n't envy the people who are going straight on to another show . ’ |
| 16 | The sitting-room , to the right , had a pleasant fireplace , and was adequately , if not well , furnished with a couple of easy chairs , a low table , and a doubtful-looking sofa pushed back against the staircase wall . |
| 17 | The band had been playing together for two years , at school dances , in pubs and as support at a couple of bigger concerts , but they 'd never been written about before . |
| 18 | Maybe a couple of bigger sets . |
| 19 | Yes , that 's right but though I mean there are a couple of additional issues to that and that is that the the tabloid are pandering , is that the right word pandering to their collective view of what the Royal Family should be , a view that is probably wrong . |
| 20 | Top Arthur has a couple of standard plans constructed from extensive historical research but , if the customer requires it , he will draw up a unique , individual design . |
| 21 | Rising to his feet , he stretched , as sleek and graceful as one of his own cats , and switched on a couple of standard lamps . |
| 22 | You get a couple of standard drinks , a plate of fruit and an hour 's chat with a hostess , but wake up in the morning with your wallet intact . |
| 23 | They sat down in the road and , when the state police dragged them away , they threw jackrocks under the wheels of the ‘ scab ’ trucks ( a jackrock is a couple of sharpened nails welded together so that no matter which way they land , they always have a point sticking up in the air ) . |
| 24 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |
| 25 | His gallops have always impressed me but after a couple of disappointing runs on the flat his attentions were turned to the all-weather surfaces . |
| 26 | The entertainment is the pleasure of reminiscing with one 's friends and making a couple of witty speeches . |
| 27 | They went to Belgium , Switzerland and Estonia , and now they are in Finland , playing a couple of low-key dates , doing an outdoor festival show and discussing Michael Douglas ' scenes . |
| 28 | I had already seen a couple of ringed seals , several eider duck , many Arctic terns and kittiwakes and a few scruffy immature glaucous gulls before I crept into my bunk to sleep . |
| 29 | Apparently it does to others too , though they 're finding a couple of monolithic organisations holding up the flow . |
| 30 | just on erm a couple of odd painkillers |