Example sentences of "couple of [noun] [adv] in [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I spent most of the day mooching around Winnipeg , seeing a couple of owners once in a shop selling Eskimo sculptures , but never coming face to face with anyone who might know me . |
2 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
3 | After losing a couple of games early in the season , Yeovil are now unbeaten in nine outings , moving up to sixth place in the Conference , and disposed of Torquay 5-2 in the first round with the aid of a hat-trick from striker Paul Batty . |
4 | I tell you what I was quite disappointed as that , there was no , did n't seem to be a couple of stair up in the box office either the Lyceum I could see or there 's not that there 's |
5 | I had met her a couple of times back in the world , but only at Dreamer functions . |
6 | Bennett himself had a couple of chances late in the half , but the visitors also threatened as Alton 's defenders had to cope with the bright sun in their eyes . |
7 | This improvement became available only a couple of years ago in the shape of Gore-Tex booties . |
8 | He lived a couple of miles away in a cottage on a farm at Pilton , a cottage where he and my Dad were born . |
9 | not too bad had a couple of people round in the last week and one seems quite keen |
10 | Whichever depending on which company you go in sometimes there are a couple of days out in the field plus three days in head office . |
11 | A COUPLE of weeks ago in the busy London evening rush hour I came across Britain 's hardest-working Royal travelling to another demanding job . |
12 | Yes , I mean that sort of action , of course they can take , and I think you 're referring to the letter that was in the article that Suzy Orbath wrote erm a couple of weeks ago in the Guardian . |