Example sentences of "[conj] a couple of [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was so heavy I could hardly seen more than a couple of feet in front of me . ’ |
| 2 | Do not repeat this more than a couple of times in rapid succession however , because otherwise the dog may start to interpret this as a game . |
| 3 | ‘ I personally want to represent Canada at the 1995 World Cup ’ , he says , ‘ and , to be realistic , there is absolutely no way the Japan RFU will see their national team take the field with more than a couple of foreigners in the line-up . |
| 4 | They hardly spoke more than a couple of words in six months . |
| 5 | There 's a caff down the road from the station with steamy windows and a couple of blokes in there having their breakfast . |
| 6 | and a couple of onions in extra and er |
| 7 | If , literally , all the time you can spare , is five minutes in the morning before you go to work , and a couple of hours in the evening when you come home , then you would probably be better off with a caged animal , such as a hamster or bird . |
| 8 | There are only five pubs and a couple of discos in Lothian Road itself , though there are others in neighbouring streets . |
| 9 | The library was empty except for an elderly man pottering in Biography and a couple of schoolchildren in the reference section ; there was opportunity for what Joyce called a natter , and no escaping it . |
| 10 | After a couple of decades in English hands , Hermitage came back once more to the Douglases . |
| 11 | After a couple of days in his new home Skipper was much more relaxed ; he no longer jumped at every sound and soon learned that when I arrived on the yard in the morning , it meant food . |
| 12 | After a couple of days in hospital outside he was transferred to the prison hospital . |
| 13 | After a couple of weeks in a cool place the beer should have cleared and be ready for drinking . |