Example sentences of "couple [prep] [noun] [adv] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of minutes later I hailed a cab and was on my way to Heathrow . |
| 2 | ‘ In all my years of motor racing , I can only think of a couple of times when I mastered the machine as at the Nürburgring in 1968 . |
| 3 | A couple of hours later I collected the box , mysteriously taped down and with a mass of weight on top . |
| 4 | I still do n't think there 's enough sexual equality because erm , a couple of years ago I studied mechanics , and when I left college I found it very , very difficult to get on a mechanics course so I 'm back again doing computing to try and get a job . |
| 5 | I happened to make a shrewd investment in ‘ seventy-eight , and a couple of years ago I sold out . |
| 6 | ‘ A couple of years ago I thought I might get involved again . |
| 7 | A couple of years ago I witnessed probably the most heavy groundbaiting programme of all time . |
| 8 | A COUPLE of years ago I had a short series published in Everyday Electronics covering the design of regulated power units . |
| 9 | A couple of years ago I had a fascinating conversation with Professor Max Clues on just this subject . |
| 10 | A couple of years later I went to primary school and came under the strict , disciplined regime that was usual in Jamaica in those days . |
| 11 | There were times during these last couple of years when I felt he hated me . |
| 12 | A couple of years back I reviewed the Delmé Quartet 's standard encore disc on Hyperion . |
| 13 | Oh a couple of months ago I did one of these , now er how do I get into it ? |
| 14 | The following day I sent him the stamps and a couple of days later I received in the post not the book but a cheque for slightly less than the value of the book and postage combined , together with the following note , which I reproduce in its entirety : ‘ Herewith a cheque for £20 . |
| 15 | We got drunk , had a good time and a couple of days later I had to make a decision . |
| 16 | But something kept nagging in my mind , and a couple of days later I sent my secretary to Upper Thames Street to get the files of our earlier correspondence with him , and the original specimen of his signature kept by the bank . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | However , a couple of days later I moved into my bungalow and it was quite a job . |
| 19 | I just did half and half and then I built up with the second couple of days then I did twenty minutes and then by the end of the week I went twenty five minutes half an hour . |
| 20 | Cause I work at cause a couple of weeks ago I thought I God I 'll make an effort . |
| 21 | Mm , I think I would of done cos I , I work at the , cos a couple of weeks ago I thought I 'd go , I 'll make an effort , I thought |
| 22 | I am great fan of tennis , especially women 's tennis and a couple of weeks ago I went down to Brighton to the semi-final matches of the Midland Bank Indoor Championships . |
| 23 | A couple of weeks later I noticed 15–20 free-swimming fry . |
| 24 | When the film was repeated a couple of weeks later I decided that this was another omen . |