Example sentences of "couple of [noun] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm moving on and talking about the subject of the Gascoigne Wood pits or the er proposed tip at the Gascoigne Wood pits in just a couple of moments time . |
| 2 | John is fourteen next term and would normally leave school in a couple of years time . |
| 3 | It will do now in a couple of years time . |
| 4 | Micros are astonishingly powerful , and it may well be that in a couple of years time they will provide the most attractive solution — but they do not provide it yet . |
| 5 | Couple of years time |
| 6 | I mean what 's he gon na be like in a couple of years time ? |
| 7 | there was something going on , whether or not there was , I do n't know I said she could n't in a couple of years time , she said I du n no , she says she 's only twenty six |
| 8 | What if there 's like a book published in a , in about a couple of years time about the children 's language |
| 9 | In a couple of years time the other schools have gone past you and you suddenly find these services that you need to buy in are become very expensive and become unattainable because you 've been spending your money in other directions . |
| 10 | At the beginning of the New Year — or perhaps in a couple of months time at the beginning of the new financial year — there is often a need to set up a spreadsheet that shows a time series . |
| 11 | Bob is advising Clinton how to cope when he leaves Stoke Mandeville in a couple of months time and has to fend for himself in his own home : |
| 12 | An an er , and er then they must have got a massive erm in a couple of months time , you know , they 're not gon na be able to control him , he might be , well if he hits me , I 'll just hit him back . |
| 13 | It would n't be , I would n't say oh no you ca n't have it , but I 'd say well you 'll receive it in a couple of days time and if they said oh well that 's not good enough , then fair enough , you , you know . |
| 14 | It does not mean — what it all too often has become — an aid to impulse buying , ‘ immediate ’ gardening , and the idea that ‘ if we lift them and pot them up instead of leaving them in the ground , we can sell them in a couple of weeks time as ‘ container grown ’ ’ . |
| 15 | With the support of IBM and HP now apparently secure — despite their other endeavours , see below — an announcement is expected at the Uniforum show in a couple of weeks time . |
| 16 | In view of the limited time available before the scheduled date for Advance Data Capture for Council Tax purposes I will ask my secretary to set up a meeting to discuss this document and Council Tax structures and staffing levels in a couple of weeks time . |
| 17 | When the Dragons first eleven set off for the sun in a couple of weeks time they 'll be taking with them a pretty impressive record , just 2 defeats in the last seven seasons . |
| 18 | Les was happy to show how it should be done … as for the students , they 've a lot of practicing ahead before they put on a circus show for a local school in a couple of weeks time . |
| 19 | God knows what 's it going to be like in a couple of weeks time . |
| 20 | We will be seeing her , seeing , we 're going out are n't we , in a couple of weeks time ? |
| 21 | that 's something , but this thing reaches publicity stage , which it could in a couple of weeks time , appear in a paper , you 'd have all sorts of weirdos |
| 22 | I know how keen many of our listeners are on craft shows and there 's a big 'un at Nottingham University at the Jessie Boot Conference Centre , Nottingham University on Friday and Saturday , November the twenty six and twenty seventh so this is in a couple of weeks time and giving you n advance notice . |