Example sentences of "couple [prep] [noun] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a couple of errors crept in and we allowed Coventry to take the lead . ’ |
| 2 | They gave me 26 quid this week but I rummaged through the shed and found a couple of things to stick in as prizes . |
| 3 | She signalled , and a couple of he-dryads closed in . |
| 4 | Luckily the victim put up a fight and a couple of passers-by joined in , so that the assailant failed to accomplish what the local newspaper delicately referred to as ‘ his appalling purpose . ’ ’ |
| 5 | It took a couple of seconds to sink in , then she was struggling into the boiler suit , using language , under her breath , which would have made treble word scores in Rude Scrabble . |
| 6 | Well maybe if I got a couple of people to fill in |
| 7 | We 'll need a couple of weeks to settle in before she comes . |
| 8 | The only time things went a bit quiet was when a couple of Eladeldi came in and sniffed around , on patrol , because all gatherings on the plat are at their sufferance , public or private . |