Example sentences of "[verb] [art] couple [prep] hours [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ John Ashenden phoned a couple of hours ago . ’ |
| 2 | Eventually a strong urge swept me to do something vandalistic to the apparatus , but I yielded not to temptation and left , returning a couple of hours later to complete my purchases . |
| 3 | Brenda telephoned a couple of hours later to say she was well , considering , and how was Apricot ? |
| 4 | Take your time — I awakened a couple of hours ago and have already attended to my own needs . |
| 5 | Do you want a couple of hours overtime tonight ? |
| 6 | They went down to the Crown and Trumpet a couple of hours ago … ’ |
| 7 | He was calling from the Lying-In Hospital ; the baby was born a couple of hours ago . |
| 8 | The sun stood uncertainly on the horizon , a disc of perfect orange , hovering above the smudge of suburban parks and tiled roofs , the same sun Spittals had been admiring a couple of hours before . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll try spending a couple of hours together . |
| 10 | This was such a beautiful city , Merrill thought a couple of hours later as she paid for her coffee and left the pavement café . |
| 11 | ‘ We had a patient admitted a couple of hours ago , presenting with flu-like symptoms , but I 'm not happy about him . ’ |
| 12 | Finished a couple of hours ago . |
| 13 | hmm — and the trip back to london after the geordie game was not a happy one — trains arriving a couple of hours late from scotland due to snow or whatever … |