Example sentences of "[conj] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was with some surprise a few years ago that our attention was drawn from the dull French film noir onscreen to the back of the cinema , where a couple were resolving a lovers ' squabble . |
| 2 | Where a couple are involved in sado-masochism , they are unlikely to report the matter to the police . |
| 3 | I was offered a choice of steak and kidney pudding or a couple of chunks of local pig . |
| 4 | The great majority live in Reykjavik or a couple of towns close to it , and that leaves the country wonderfully bare , especially in the centre — what remains of the population is concentrated on the coast , where the chief occupations of fishing and farming are best practised . |
| 5 | One Double Room is still available for either a single person or a couple . |
| 6 | The payments are based on set amounts : £33.60 for a lone parent or a couple : £23.30 for each child aged 18 : £16.35 for each child aged 16 or 17 : £12.90 for each child aged 11 to 15 , and £7.30 for each one up to 10 years of age . |
| 7 | The payments are based on set amounts : £33.60 for a lone parent or a couple : £23.30 for each child aged 18 : £16.35 for each child aged 16 or 17 : £12.90 for each child aged 11 to 15 , and £7.30 for each one up to 10 years of age . |
| 8 | The payments are based on set amounts : £33.60 for a lone parent or a couple : £23.30 for each child aged 18 : £16.35 for each child aged 16 or 17 : £12.90 for each child aged 11 to 15 , and £7.30 for each one up to 10 years of age . |
| 9 | Perhaps he only wanted a cigarette , or a couple of bob for the meter . |
| 10 | A conversation between two T-lymphocytes or a couple of my white cells at the height of that misery is easy enough to picture . |
| 11 | Whether it is the Lusitania steaming up the Irish coast towards her doom or a couple of one-legged dwarfs drinking in a bar in Paris , the processes of imagination in the form of characters , clothes , setting , and action are all clawed out of the mind . |
| 12 | It 's tacky it 's erm well as soon as they come in the door they wan na walk out and that that 's an overall opinion that 's not just me or a couple of mates that 's everybody . |
| 13 | This discovery , that a combination can be stronger than a single individual , or a couple , marked a major step in humanity 's development as a species , but carried with it restrictions over sexual activity , because this leads to two people aiming to be independent from everyone else . |
| 14 | Or a couple , who talked a lot about how things had been , and how they were n't the same now . |
| 15 | Myth no. 3 : playing 18 holes of go If or a couple of sets of tennis at the weekend is enough to keep you fit Exercising once a week is not enough to make you fit . |
| 16 | Cover the salmon with kitchen foil and press the salmon down with a weighted board or a couple of heavy cans . |
| 17 | A single person , or a couple without children , extremely busy and not overly fond of cooking will almost certainly prefer a functional , working room that looks and is efficient . |
| 18 | Erm no seriously I think it really should n't take long , you 're quite right to sort this matter out but I think three people really should go away and come back with a suggestion or a couple of suggestions . |
| 19 | Each , each customer come out and she 'd say well I 'll have er three or four lamb chops or a couple of pork chops or whatsoever and you used to cut it as you went , then , with a van yeah . |
| 20 | Sometimes just one person like that or a couple of people ? |
| 21 | Erm how often do you play , oh once a week or a couple of times a week , what sort of standard is it and what it 's doing is you 've got an opportunity to sound off about yourself and that 's who we are talking about is n't it ? |
| 22 | Yeah , so what I 'm doing , I 'll these , gon na make about a hundred or one bit or a couple of bits and some butterfly cakes and the cakes and plates and cling film , charge them a quid , eight for a pound |
| 23 | Everybody , now you 've also got to accept the high percentage of having nay got a clue , eh what they 're doing , even after a week or a couple of weeks and it should n't er be here , but if you get somebody , nice er Michelle or Cathy , eh , or eh Adel |
| 24 | cos they go ooh for about three seconds or a couple of minutes and they 'll forget about it |
| 25 | There were some bruised shins and sprained ankles , black eyes and a few cuts and grazes but nothing you would n't get on a rugby field , although a couple of old ladies were taken off home by ambulance with attacks of the vapours . |
| 26 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 27 | Although a couple of the other demonstrators also looked promising I have been unable to take them any further because of financial constraints . |
| 28 | Although a couple of David Platt 's efforts have derived from shots on the edge of the penalty area , as indeed did Paul Merson 's debut goal in Prague , the general rule is that England are not scoring enough from long range . |
| 29 | With Ruggles and Parkinson hitting high and hard in the third , Partners held a 14–11 advantage but again failed to capitalise , although a couple of refereeing decisions left them puzzled . |
| 30 | This is intended to be an introduction to the project and therefore there will be no admission charge to the site on this occasion , although a couple of conation boxes will be suitably positioned for those who may wish to assist the project in this way ! |