Example sentences of "couple [prep] year and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she had been there a couple of years and I asked her how she was , she said , ‘ Pretty mouldy . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was in charge of ‘ Fluon ’ for a couple of years and I failed to make any impact whatsoever on that particular problem . |
| 3 | We all intend to continue the same sort of programme for the next couple of years and I have said I would like to call in next term and on a periodic basis until our responsibility ceases . |
| 4 | Usually , couple of years and you get , you get erm a promotion , but there 's nothing , and the , the jobs that are coming up they 're erm they 're already sort of la allocated to people been given promotion . |
| 5 | After all , they had been together for a couple of years and she did idolise him . |