Example sentences of "the next couple of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the next couple of pages , I will explain to you the different types of friendships , my experiences of it and generally my opinion of friendship . |
| 2 | This , of course , depends again upon no sudden upturn in fertility in the next couple of decades ( see table 5.4 ) . |
| 3 | A pewter tankard at his elbow , Wexford spent the next couple of hours studying Hatton 's log book and Mrs Hatton 's engagement diary . |
| 4 | The next couple of hours passed in a whirl of activity as was followed Yvonne from ward to ward receiving warm welcomes everywhere we went . |
| 5 | For the next couple of hours chat , jostle , mingle , dance and generally get hot , sweaty , and happy . |
| 6 | But what I 'd like you to do is to go with me during the next couple of hours , have an open mind and erm if I say something which is in an in any way provocative , question me if you want to , cos that 's what we 're here for , to communicate . |
| 7 | Lucy spent most of the next couple of hours in the ground-floor utility room just behind the room where she 'd slept , sitting on the tiles against the wall and reading back numbers of magazines while her washing tumbled around in the Zanussi . |
| 8 | She spent the next couple of hours staring into the darkness . |
| 9 | Oh , grief , I must be going soft in the head , she thought irritatedly , and concentrated on Azor for the next couple of hours . |
| 10 | Golly it 'd be interesting to know what they 'd make of this tape for the next couple of hours . |
| 11 | Tim will be making his return journey in the next couple of hours . |
| 12 | The next couple of moments were total disbelief as the rod arched over and a powerful fish made a bee-line towards the far bank , ’ Cat on , ’ I shouted to Rick and a bleary-eyed bearded creature emerged from next door ! |
| 13 | We tried the next couple of villages also before the truth dawned . |
| 14 | If you can just work spend the next couple of minutes working through that . |
| 15 | I wonder if I could offer you a cup of coffee in my department within the next couple of minutes ? ’ |
| 16 | But several senior finance officers said last week that between two and three dozen health authorities could face bed closures and service cuts in the next couple of months , with others deferring developments . |
| 17 | This is election year in the United States as well as in Britain and Japan however , and the Fed is under pressure to lower interest rates further in the next couple of months . |
| 18 | Several other nuees swept harmlessly down the valley of the Riviere Blanche during the next couple of months , but on 30 August death came again to Martinique , where a powerful nuee blasted out from Mt Pelee and rolled down in a new direction , engulfing the small village of Morne Rouge . |
| 19 | For the next couple of months we 're back with some Cliff Gallup licks and solos . |
| 20 | The ordering will take place as soon as possible after that , and the guitar will be built during the next couple of months . |
| 21 | And Reynolds said he planned to return to indoor competition in the next couple of months and hoped to compete in both the world indoor and outdoor championships . |
| 22 | I would expect further cuts over the next couple of months . |
| 23 | In the next couple of months Maxwell 's wine collection and the contents of the family home , Headington Hill Hall in Oxford , will be auctioned by Sotheby 's . |
| 24 | The 29-year-old Widnes maestro was forced to pull out of Great Britain 's tour of Australasia in the summer because of a persistent groin strain and said : ‘ I feel the injury can only get worse over the next couple of months . ’ . |
| 25 | As it turned out , the studio ‘ was n't up to much any more and half the equipment was broken ’ , but , according to Mondays ' manager Nathan McGough , ‘ a little light went on as soon as I met Chris and Tina , so I phoned them to ask what they thought of the band and what they had planned for the next couple of months ’ . |
| 26 | Watch these pages in the next couple of months for full and exciting details . |
| 27 | ‘ Over the next couple of months he got his life together and he met this girl and they got engaged . |
| 28 | The next stage is shopping for components , such as forms software , and raising an initial $2m to help with the funding over the next couple of months . |
| 29 | Informix is also gearing to release its new reporting tool , Storm , over the next couple of months with the promised Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG-derived data dictionary by June . |
| 30 | Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA is expected to report operating losses of up to $245m for 1992 in its end of year figures due over the next couple of months , according to Italian press reports . |