Example sentences of "a couple [prep] [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and lovely , I just woke up , er a couple of minutes before then the insurance lad come cos when I only , he should of come yesterday and I waited in but I could n't , you know when I opened the door I says I , I he says , you know |
| 2 | We 'll need a couple of hours at least . ’ |
| 3 | And Joseph I got a couple of toys for as well . |
| 4 | The infantry detailed to guard them let off only a couple of volleys before also taking to their heels . |
| 5 | He did suggest that Sir Archibald send out a couple of scouts to as close as they could get to the enemy camp without being noticed , to send back word of any development there . |
| 6 | There 's a caff down the road from the station with steamy windows and a couple of blokes in there having their breakfast . |
| 7 | And they 're not above leaving a couple of drays in there late on till first light , rather than stable them . |
| 8 | I 'd gone into Woolworth 's in Reading and stolen a couple of things from there , and I was hanging around the car park . |
| 9 | Erm and one of the pieces was sort of comments from various interested parties and the Green Party got a couple of lines in there after the Lib Dems and before . |
| 10 | Right , so er yeah , I was looking at her a couple of cheapies in there . |
| 11 | The sound man struggles for a couple of numbers to actually pull their frequencies back to earth . |
| 12 | It will be a couple of years at least before the fee reaches £1.3million , so I do n't feel any pressure at the moment . ’ |
| 13 | So , taking account of the polonium , local people relying mainly on local milk , meat and vegetables could expect doses over a period of a couple of years of about 4 to 15 rems ; more incidentally , than people at Hiroshima within 2 km of the bomb . |
| 14 | If you pay money to an artist how can you tell if he 's going to be famous a couple of years from now ? |
| 15 | By future I mean a couple of seasons from now , the current season although not a write off by any means has lost a lot of meaning the league appears once again to be going to the scum and we 're out of the League cup thingy . |
| 16 | and erm , he 's got in the , in the fabric one he 's got double doors and all the rolls of carpet and erm , he 's got a table in there and obviously to make a cup of tea , got a couple of beds in there cos he 's sold them and it 's like a big warehouse and erm all around there there 's a big concreted area , you know , and er all these units and that 's where we , we reckon it is . |
| 17 | Er old Mrs I du n no , but th , anyway there was only this one old house up in the common and er I went up there one time with horse and take a couple of pigs from there down to Wimborne market . |
| 18 | Make dressing ( see recipe ) and spoon over the tomatoes , reserving a couple of spoonfuls until just before serving . |
| 19 | Well keep them in the house , and maybe once in a while , sort of once every two months , just put a couple of drops in maybe Saturday night or Sunday night . |
| 20 | It 'll be worth putting a couple of pavers on there just to cope with the track of the pa er the wheels going in . |
| 21 | You 'll have to watch her she 's put there 's a couple of flowers in there she 's put in her mouth . |
| 22 | Mix it with a vinaigrette sauce made with a couple of chopped shallots , a couple of tablespoons of finely chopped parsley , a teaspoon of yellow French mustard , a little salt , 6 tablespoons of olive oil and z of wine vinegar . |
| 23 | The only point I felt w you know we mentioned the other day that if , if there 's a rise say on the first of April then you wan na get in a couple of months before then . |