Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] a couple " in BNC.

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1 Tufnell was also adjudged lbw in the next over and a couple of clogged sixes by Devon Malcolm off Muralidharan was the sum total of England 's eight-order resistance .
2 Benfica 's Sergei Yuran , one of 20 internationals on the pitch for this prestige friendly — 10 each side , representing nine countries — missed a glorious chance early on and a couple of shots from Alexander Mostovoi had Peter Schmeichel scrambling to save .
3 She went on the ground and I picked her up and a couple of fellows came along , saying , ‘ Do you want any help , officer ? ’
4 I got to be careful at the doorways , cos there 's people coming in and out and a couple of times I nearly get knocked over by people bumping into me .
5 Leeds fortunately got their act together and started passing the ball around and a couple of minutes later Forrester volleyed in from ten yards after good work on the right by Dave White .
6 No he used to , I know who , Dawn , he used to take me sometimes and a couple of times he took me up to the and he used to say to me and what would you take for starters so I always said well I always like erm prawn cocktail
7 that we had that like a little sitting room , I just had a settee in there and a couple of chairs , it was lovely and cosy in there
8 And I 've seen chairs like that , I 've seen I do n't know whether it 's there but a couple of places , bedroom chairs , gorgeous things , you know !
9 The doorbell rang again and a couple came in , followed at intervals by two more separate people .
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