Example sentences of "couple of [noun pl] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | free couple of vouchers for a new for a Corgi toy . |
| 2 | From where I 'm sitting ( in a Paris café as it happens , pal , limbering up for the days 500cl — I mean 500 word slog ) , a rest in that sense would take the form of a couple of shifts in a Bolivian tin mine — and Club Med do n't fly there . |
| 3 | I 'd just get a couple of bags for a Saturday night or whatever and then eventually I just got into it deeper and deeper . |
| 4 | Filled with a gentle and breadpaste mixture , with a couple of gentles on a number twelve hook , I think it 'd be a cert for bream . ’ |
| 5 | Binyon took a hunting-flask from his jacket pocket and poured a couple of inches into a styrofoam cup . |
| 6 | There will already be a couple of chaps in a patrol car down a side street as a matter of course . |
| 7 | I had already done a couple of jumpers for a largish lady , so I embarked on the back of the third . |
| 8 | Funnily enough , I felt better after a couple of pints at a pub in Maida Vale ; you know , the trendy one among Guardian readers which has the really stupid long name and brews its own beer in the cellar . |
| 9 | He 'd put a couple of maggots on a small hook . |
| 10 | When she later climbed into bed , though , she was human enough to have found — out of all the unpleasantness that had gone on — a couple of things of a complimentary nature . |
| 11 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |
| 12 | Er he suffered a couple of wounds as a ma as a matter of fact . |
| 13 | And when he comes out of hospital , it 's like they 've forgotten he exists — just a couple of visits from a nurse . |
| 14 | Sometimes the wood is pre-oiled , but if you buy one which has n't been , rub it over a couple of times with a rag soaked in linseed oil and leave it aside to dry . |
| 15 | Sometimes the wood is pre-oiled , but if you buy one which has n't been , rub it over a couple of times with a rag soaked in linseed oil and leave it aside to dry . |
| 16 | I 'd already been to the forest couple of times as a student and thought it was the most wonderful place . |
| 17 | It is probably best to use just a couple of sounds at a time — or work alone ! |
| 18 | It is probably best to use just a couple of sounds at a time — or work alone |
| 19 | The pin is inserted into the device , its facing plate placed against the wall , and a couple of taps with a hammer on the plunger drive the pin into the wall . |
| 20 | Most users would then have to wait only a couple of hours for a new telephone . |
| 21 | Can you spare a couple of hours on a Tuesday morning six times a year ? |
| 22 | Has anyone said to you ‘ It will not take up much of your time , only a couple of hours on a Friday evening ’ ? |
| 23 | Well — that happened to me when my daughter joined the local Brownie Pack ; they were desperate for help and that ‘ couple of hours on a Friday ’ led to my becoming that pack 's Brown Owl , moving to a Guide Company that was in danger of closing and finally becoming District Commissioner administration four Brownie Packs , four Guide Companies and one Ranger Unit . |
| 24 | On Friday we 're playing for a couple of hours with a few suprise guests one had considerably more hair than the rest of the band put together . |
| 25 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm more like Cinderella , are n't I , having a couple of hours at a ball before she returns to the dishes ? ’ |
| 27 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
| 28 | ‘ I had a couple of hours in a bone-shaker of a fur-lined mini-van ! ’ |
| 29 | Even with the other symptoms , the loss of a couple of pounds in a week seemed fine . |
| 30 | Most expensive couple of deliveries before a break ( 7 ) |