Example sentences of "[adv] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was asking them which was their favourite area , not unsurprisingly a couple of them mentioned the Lake District — anytime except in the summer holidays . |
| 2 | His wife had died suddenly a couple of years back . |
| 3 | Apparently a couple of somersaults ensured a complete write-off . |
| 4 | The two of them were merely a couple of outstanding lady tennis players , one of whom had won Wimbledon . |
| 5 | If someone could wave a magic wand , and I could change something , I think I 'd like to go down a couple of cup sizes . |
| 6 | So even if they are inadvertently or wilfully slipping down a couple of hundred more calories than they intend in the course of a day , they might still find themselves clocking up a decent weight loss on the scales each week . |
| 7 | After her ordeal on Sunday she flagged down a couple , who drove her to police . |
| 8 | The divers will carry down a couple of slings with them . |
| 9 | He had to press it down a couple of times to stop it falling over . |
| 10 | Some , through failing health or eyesight , were obliged to go down a couple of rungs on the ladder however , and there are an increasing number of cases in the 1940s of former compositors working as copy-holders for lower pay . |
| 11 | And if your victim happens to be conveniently close to the edge of a tall cliff , by the time he 's bounced down a couple of hundred metres on to the rocks , he 'll be in such a mess that the injury from the blow stands a good chance of being overlooked . |
| 12 | He prowled over to the far side of the kitchen , then slammed down a couple of plates , as if he were suddenly finding it very hard to control his own temper . |
| 13 | She took a quick break for lunch , gulping down a couple of sandwiches and a cup of coffee , then spent the afternoon painting the dragon , using dozens of different shades so that he shimmered with colour . |
| 14 | But I slip down a couple of back roads and I find it soon enough . |
| 15 | He felt in his purse and threw down a couple of copper coins . |
| 16 | She did slim down a couple of years ago but has piled on the pounds again . |
| 17 | He came into the kitchen with her , perching upon one of units and watching her as she boiled the kettle and took down a couple of mugs . |
| 18 | She took down a couple of volumes , flicked through them , placed them back . |
| 19 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 20 | He checked his mirrors , changed down a couple of gears and shot the Missile past the Renault . |
| 21 | And that looked pretty funny like and it fell down a couple of days ago and maybe a pretty while afore that I du n no . |
| 22 | So I removed a rubber-handled wrench from the tool kit — a souvenir of a summer working on rich people 's yachts in southern Ireland — and weighed it up and down a couple of times . |
| 23 | ‘ Drive up and down a couple of times , check the area . ’ |
| 24 | Jamie and I got pushed about a bit and nearly fell down a couple of times , but we survived through to the end of the night without any scrapes . |
| 25 | ‘ The fire has been lit and allowed to die down a couple of times — and I once smelt the stuff . ’ |
| 26 | order the parts and everything , so I went down a couple of days later I said just for curiosity what 's , what 's it gon na cost us this bloody lot ? |
| 27 | little shop here and they charge as much as you can and they get the grant to open the shop up and then they close it down a couple of months |
| 28 | I turned down a couple of T V series cos I did n't feel I was right for them . |
| 29 | Perhaps a couple are looking at one another in a different light — it is to be remembered that one in three marriages now ends in divorce . |
| 30 | In all this , there are perhaps a couple of things which look plausible when we compare the philosopher 's child with our mental picture ; Aristotle 's observation that children are immature and Mill 's suggestion that they might need protection . |