Example sentences of "can [vb infin] [prep] a couple " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As I write , I can think of a couple of billboard posters that make no attempt to conceal their debt to the Belgian fantasist : a Silk Cut advertisement , which discards the regular purple silk motif in favour of a neutral cream back ground on which are set the letters P U R P L and E , snipped from some newspaper 's headlines as if by a poison pen writer ; and another whose legend , ‘ I did n't know that Air France had more flights to Paris than any other airline company ’ , is illustrated by the portrait of a man whose face is obscured by a fried egg . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ he said smoothly , ‘ I can think of a couple of occasions when patronising you was the last thing on my mind . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You can take me to a hotel , somewhere I can stay for a couple of nights until the police can find the very sick person who sent that letter to me . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah , we can throw in a couple of units each of those . |
| 5 | See what you can do in a couple of days . ’ |
| 6 | We can look at a couple of points : |
| 7 | ‘ If you can sleep for a couple of hours , while the tablets take effect , I 'm sure by this evening you 'll feel much more your old self . ’ |
| 8 | This life style may be unsuitable for some women and boredom can lead to a couple 's failure to complete an assignment , even to breakdown of their marriage . |