Example sentences of "couple [prep] [noun] [Wh adv] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | While they had been talking , there had been a couple of moments when he had n't looked in the least civilised ! |
| 2 | Their contents had usually turned out to be machine parts but there had been a couple of times when he had found something a little more palatable — once a case of French Burgundy , on another occasion a case of German hock . |
| 3 | Chuck noticed that instead of drinking the usual cold tea like the others he surreptitiously raised a hip flask to his lips a couple of times when he thought he was unobserved . |
| 4 | In , his reading aloud had proved to be successful except for a couple of occasions when he had had a particularly stressful day and had found it exceedingly difficult to relax . |
| 5 | And you saw the marks only for a couple of seconds when he lifted his palms to receive the Host . |
| 6 | After a couple of nights when he had difficulty in getting to sleep , Charles had slept well . |