Example sentences of "couple of " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the narrator , Patrick is ‘ so far from being anti-semitic that a couple of his best friends really were Jews ’ ( but who can these two best friends be — can Ormerod , unmentioned in the later novel , be one ? ) . |
| 2 | The teachers gave me a rough time for a couple of years because my student and acting image did n't fit . |
| 3 | The slogan of blinkered professors and dull art critics , who , as always , are a couple of hundred years out of date . |
| 4 | After a couple of weeks in a cool place the beer should have cleared and be ready for drinking . |
| 5 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 6 | They announced it just a couple of weeks ago . |
| 7 | A COUPLE OF CHARLIES and PRESS GANG ) . |
| 8 | I was given a couple of interviews straight off which , though unsuccessful , were useful practice and I felt confident that something would soon turn up . |
| 9 | The next couple of days passed without incident . |
| 10 | ‘ Look , I 've been bounced around like a rubber ball between you people for a couple of months now . |
| 11 | The conversation continued for a couple of hours . |
| 12 | Sarah 's house was at the other end of it and I could see a couple of cars parked outside what I was sure was their home . |
| 13 | ‘ Well I 've got a couple of people off so we 're down this morning . |
| 14 | Because I 've had to spend a couple of nights in a porchway ? ’ |
| 15 | Look , can you give me another couple of hours ? |
| 16 | Unless I went back to Harwich , I was going to be flat broke in a couple of days and just at that moment the last thing I wanted to do was to go back to Harwich . |
| 17 | ‘ No , I was brought up in Berkhamsted and I spent a couple of years living in Oxfordshire not so long ago , so I 'm not completely inflexible about this . |
| 18 | A couple of papers were duly bought and after that we parted company . |
| 19 | Listen , you sit down , I 'll get a couple of coffees and we 'll have a chat , OK ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We 'd expect you to stay a couple of years , but obviously there 's going to be no pressure on you to move on at the end of that period . |
| 21 | I went with Kathleen to see it a couple of days later . |
| 22 | The following morning I worked as usual and then asked Kathleen if I could have a couple of days off . |
| 23 | I checked everything in at the left-luggage office in Liverpool Street station , and then went off to make a couple of telephone calls . |
| 24 | My blue period officially ends when we have a big leaving party for Kathleen and Katrina in a couple of days ' time but in fact it probably ends just about now . |
| 25 | Whether yours is a family garden which has to sustain the rigorous attentions of children , a more sedate garden for entertaining al fresco , or a small city garden with little room for more than a couple of raised flowers beds , a patio can give your home and lifestyle a whole new dimension . |
| 26 | Although it is mostly made up of perennial plants which will come up fresh in spring , there are one or two evergreen shrubs added for structure : an upright rosemary and a couple of spiky yuccas . |
| 27 | Puzzling pines and poorly potatoes are just a couple of the problems to be solved by our team of BBC experts this month |
| 28 | I have n't been very successful with my aubergines the last couple of years , as they keep being eaten by caterpillars . |
| 29 | Remember , even a small fire can fill your home with dense and poisonous smoke in a couple of minutes . |
| 30 | During this time the baby develops very quickly , so if you are planning to have a baby you should start thinking about your health a couple of months before hand . |