Example sentences of "couple of [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From scrambled possession at the back of a line-out by Winterbottom , an industrious leader , Pears jinked left and right , adding a couple of half-dummies for good measure . |
| 2 | We turned down the offer of researching exactly how many men we 'd get to 3,000 feet of urinals , but allowing a couple of feet for each one , 1,500 men would make Wembley the tops for discriminating against women . |
| 3 | Using a couple of minutes for private imperatives was a serious violation of property rights . |
| 4 | Of medium height , he was known as a dresser and had been tipped a couple of times for those best-dressed men lists . |
| 5 | I allowed a couple of hours for this to mix with the original water then netted the goldfish and placed them in their new environment . |
| 6 | Watch these pages in the next couple of months for full and exciting details . |
| 7 | There 's also a couple of fields for additional notes . |
| 8 | The coffee hit the spot , though , and I drank my way through the whole pot and threw in a couple of cigarettes for good measure . |
| 9 | Only a couple of suggestions for future improvement : more investigative political/economic journalism , more science … and more humour ! |
| 10 | The Volvo tour takes in solidly Socialist villages like Senghenydd and Abertridwr , includes a couple of detours for navigational error ( ‘ I 'm new here ’ says Stan ) and ends back at the station with just seconds before the train departs . |
| 11 | anyone out there working as executives for Snickers , Coca-Cola , Sun or something — a couple of tickets for each of Norway 's games ( and Ireland-Italy ) would be most welcome ! ! naah — thought so ; - ) |