Example sentences of "took a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm about 5'7 ’ and found it fitted me fine , although as with all sacks , it took a couple of days of walking to get the best adjustment . |
| 2 | He was silent for a few moments , then he raised his head , took a couple of gulps of tea and remarked very slowly , Jesus Christ , Piper , you must be bloody bomb happy ! |
| 3 | Louise took a couple of inches off Clare 's hair to tidy it up and get rid of the split ends . |
| 4 | In common with most teenagers , David took a couple of part-time jobs , one riding around on a pushbike with a basket on the front for a butcher , and another working for a record shop owned by Vic Furlong . |
| 5 | It took a couple of minutes for my breathing to steady . |
| 6 | She took a couple of mansized swigs , screwed her face up slightly then leaned back beside him . |
| 7 | The birth was fine , the bonding process took a couple of days longer , and I felt such a surge of energy rushing back into my system that I decided to open a shop at the end of the first week , and did in fact do so six weeks after the birth . |
| 8 | Kirov took a couple steps back , keeping up the look of rejection before allowing his face to clear . |
| 9 | The second guy did n't even hit half that distance and the third took a couple of swings to send his ball skewing off at right angles . |
| 10 | Manolo took a couple of hits of coffee , and picked up a wrist-exerciser that probably doubled as some kind of sex aid . |
| 11 | I did knock at the door , then , when there was no response , took a couple of steps through into a passage floored with stone slabs and containing nothing but some buckets of coal and a rack of ancient clothes , gardening clobber by the look of it . |
| 12 | Springfield amassed 160 for 8 , mainly through Mortimer , Jeffrey and Dance , although Dearmer and Williams both took a couple of wickets cheaply . |
| 13 | We took a couple of cops with us to prevent a breach of the peace and I heard one of them saying it was pointless putting rules and regulations on the wall because most of us could n't read ! |
| 14 | How it happened we do n't know but the flight-recorder said it only took a couple of minutes and the navigator confirmed this . |
| 15 | He paused — a marked pause — turned away , took a couple of paces laterally — so as not to be too ridiculously far beneath her — and managed a reasonably sincere sigh — given the short notice . |
| 16 | She took a couple of steps into the yard as if Pascoe 's voice were already summoning her . |
| 17 | He took a couple of steps toward the man . |
| 18 | She took a couple of sips . |
| 19 | The man took a couple of steps backwards , then a couple more . |
| 20 | He took a couple of deep breaths and forced himself to calm down . |
| 21 | I took a couple of mouthfuls , handed the bottle back , wiping my lips . |
| 22 | I took a couple of steps forward , then heard something whispered from behind me , and looked back to see Janice hugging Ash , almost violently . |
| 23 | Julie , meantime , took a couple of paces across the gallery towards a group of world leaders , past and present , gathered around a desk . |
| 24 | Douglas McGregor ( Leadership and Motivation ) wrote about his own experiences as a college president that : ‘ It took a couple of years , but I finally began to realise that a leader can not avoid the exercise of authority any more than he can avoid responsibility for what happens in the organisation . ’ |
| 25 | This took a couple of minutes , during which striped shirt and pink tie sat back , long legs crossed and polite smiles of amusement or possibly incredulity on their lips . |
| 26 | He took a couple of wrong turnings in the gloom and was angry when he reached Jacqui 's flat . |
| 27 | He took a couple of paces then stopped , twisting round . |
| 28 | The man took a couple of steps back as they headed for him ; but then they stopped , as if they 'd sensed his fury and found it to be a wall that they hesitated to scale . |
| 29 | However bad he felt , Smith took a couple of shots . |
| 30 | Rain took a couple of steps before thinking of asking him to telephone again . |