Example sentences of "a couple of [noun pl] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morag unpacked her ‘ message ’ , which was a large cauliflower from someone 's garden , and a couple of pounds of tomatoes which had obviously , from the scent , been freshly picked , then , after we had admired them , left us . |
| 2 | But that 's it , I 'm not buying I 've got a couple of boxes of chocolates we bought from Tescos did n't we ? |
| 3 | ‘ Could I buy a couple of pairs of greys from you ? ’ he asked , coming to a sudden decision . |
| 4 | I ended up with a couple of pairs of trousers , a couple of T-shirts , a jumper and a pair of shoes . |
| 5 | A couple of tons of potatoes to peel . ’ |
| 6 | A small group of specialist and non-specialist staff and a couple of parents of children with special needs together devised a two-day training course on disability awareness , directed in the first instance at staff working with young children . |
| 7 | At the end he played a couple of sets of variations as an encore . |
| 8 | A couple of tins of peas left out , try and find a space for them to go back in again . |
| 9 | In the second half of the evening Vic Smith showed us some scenes at Crich , the National Tramway museum , plus a couple of shots of trams abroad . |
| 10 | Then run a couple of rows of stitches to secure the keel , but again do not seal the pocket for the dowel . |
| 11 | I bought a steak and kidney pie , heated it up with the peas and some potatoes and put a couple of spoonfuls of peas on my plate to kid him I 'd had some . |
| 12 | Of course he should , you ought to just ask him for say a hundred , you know to buy a couple of packs of nappies and some cream and changing mat , a changing bag , you 'll want all that wo n't you ? |
| 13 | In another room they had a stroke of luck when they came across a large paper bag of fruit , a couple of packets of biscuits , a tin of shortbread , a jar of butterscotch and an unopened bottle of Johnnie Walker whisky . |
| 14 | He had about a pound on him , in small change , which would buy no more than a chocolate bar and a couple of packets of crisps . |
| 15 | He had been sitting on the cart since early morning and all he had to show for scouring the streets was an old tin bath that he had found on some wasteground , a couple of sacks of rags and one or two pieces of old iron . |