Example sentences of "[art] couple [prep] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was more , the couple of times I had rung my antenatal teacher for reassurance in late pregnancy after a brief stay in hospital had been free too . |
| 2 | Your letters have been coming quite regularly , and apart from the couple of letters which reached me via Sian , nothing has interrupted the flow , and they are a comfort , especially as the children seem to be getting on so well , and the computer course as well . |
| 3 | On top of that , the couple of thugs who came here to force you to sign the insurance document , which I 've read end to end … ’ |
| 4 | I 'm happy where I am and I get called every couple of weeks which suits me . ’ |
| 5 | When people queried whether Eva 's alert mind would get bored repeating the same course every couple of months she had a ready answer . |
| 6 | Every couple of months he takes me aside and , his breath sweet with trapped drink , asks me how I am . |
| 7 | For a couple of minutes they made sickbed small talk while Maxim tried to decide just how Blagg was . |
| 8 | In a couple of minutes I had lost any chance of kinship with Sue by making one of the most basic mistakes . |
| 9 | Sure enough , within a couple of minutes I had raised a trucker . |
| 10 | When I eventually reached the gods I hesitated , afraid to push the door open , but after a couple of minutes I became too frightened to stand there in the dark any longer . |
| 11 | A side table was brought for McKillop and within a couple of minutes he had beside him a cup of tea and a plate with two small cakes upon it . |
| 12 | After a couple of minutes he heard the familiar clanking sound that indicated that Fagg was taking refuge in the contents of his various pockets and had commenced the process of smearing snuff all over himself and the surrounding furniture . |
| 13 | After a couple of minutes he gave up the attempt , left the tool box by the cottage wall and walked to the edge of the cliff then slithered down to the beach . |
| 14 | However , after a couple of dances had elapsed , Clara thought she spotted the civilized young man who had assisted her on the Channel crossing ; once she had spotted him she turned rigidly away , so deep was her horror of imitating Janice 's conduct , but she lost nothing by it , for within a couple of minutes he presented himself , courteously , at her elbow . |
| 15 | For a couple of minutes she gave in to another uncharacteristic fit of temper . |
| 16 | After a couple of minutes she tried again . |
| 17 | We 've still got er er a couple of calls I think to come before the end of er this morning 's programme on the subject of erm , I do n't know whether it 's life imprisonment or er on er on divorce . |
| 18 | Seb 's statement brought a chorus of derision from a couple of navvies who had entered the tent behind him and were listening to the conversation . |
| 19 | After a couple of moves I gained the crest of this and draped a big sling over its tip before setting off on a journey of discovery down the other side of the offending obstacle . |
| 20 | And for a couple of hours they had talked . |
| 21 | In the morning Kāli took the cattle out to graze , but after a couple of hours she came back soaked to the skin . |
| 22 | I must admit , I ca n't claim it was love at first sight , but within a couple of hours she had firmly established herself in my affections , ’ laughed Delia . |
| 23 | After a couple of hours she stopped scowling over his fluid-intake . |
| 24 | What about the last we did yesterday actually designers and training , it 's quite a , it 's quite a struggle that had a long day , been sitting here for a couple of hours I du n no it seems longer and there you are and you 're actually struggling |
| 25 | ‘ For a couple of hours I feel like a man again , ’ said one . |
| 26 | You know , they wan na not for that , that you know , a couple of hours you keep a kid amused by well a |
| 27 | A couple of times we had big branch and stuff . |
| 28 | a couple of times we went up there with er jogging . |
| 29 | Both men had pocketed their torches to allow them a better grip on their shotguns , and a couple of times they interrupted their progress to stand straining their ears into the whispering darkness around them for any sound of the fearsome dogs . |
| 30 | Ah lovely I saw saw them live a couple of times they appeared on T V shows as well . |