Example sentences of "[prep] a couple of things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hawkeye may appear to be an amalgam of a couple of things , but in our minds , mine and Daniel 's , he is an Indian . |
| 2 | But Greece 's have become a lot worse than most other people 's because of a couple of things those centuries it spent under Ottoman rule did to it . |
| 3 | In fact , ’ she sighed , ‘ but for a couple of things , everything would be absolutely perfect . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd also like some advice about a couple of things . |
| 5 | Not about everything , mind , but about a couple of things . |
| 6 | That 's what you must do , if you get , if you write a lot about a couple of things they 'll say erm this chap 's knowledge is pretty specialized on this area , you know what , what these er short answer questions are picking up right is your , is your general knowledge . |
| 7 | ‘ David had been involved with a couple of things in the past , producing a couple of B-sides when I was in Quiver — we actually used his home studio for demos . |
| 8 | With distributed database systems we could continue with a couple of things mentioned earlier on . |
| 9 | We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it . |
| 10 | Mrs Jelbart must be working out well as a housekeeper , and from a couple of things her father had said , Belinda gathered that she seemed to care about the Jones boys in a more personal way too . |
| 11 | And to tie in to a couple of things mentioned earlier on . |
| 12 | Right can I ask you to pay attention to a couple of things when you do this diagram . |
| 13 | On a couple of things there is a wah-wah pedal but then there 's also a very old flanger that has the sweep controlled by a pedal . |
| 14 | That rarity , an album without a filler — admire every aspect as Owens finger-flicks his way through the Stax-happy , gospel croons on a couple of things Sam Cooke would have loved to wrap his larynx around , and opts for the more brooding approach on the let's do crunch of ‘ Why You Treat Me This Way ? ’ — ‘ Blues Soul ’ is remarkable not only for the performance of its outfront star , but also for that of the Pete Wingfield-led back-up squad , which nary places a quaver in the wrong place , along with Mike Vernon 's knowing production . |
| 15 | In the first few months when I came out of the Navy I 'd tried my hand at a couple of things , and then my mother phoned me up one day and said there 's this job going at Drogo . |