Example sentences of "a couple of [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I remember a couple of scenes when David would just go on and on asking me what I was doing with Michael , ’ she says .
2 But I have a couple of scenes in which a black man has a gun in his hand , and if a black man wields a gun , automatically people wan na start arresting folks .
3 It is hard to know exactly what the company were aiming at or were attempting to say , but after a couple of scenes the audience found itself tussling with one question only .
4 The Anchor brewery had been built in 1757 by a couple of brewers from Bethnal Green called Wastfield and Moss , at a time when the district was so quiet and un-built-up you could still see ships passing on the Thames from the brewery windows .
5 ‘ Then , if we 're forward enough , Jinny and Oz can go off for the day with a couple of baskets .
6 About two-thirds of the sacks of refuse had gone , and the pit she had seen was as if it had never been , under a litter of dead leaves where a couple of blackbirds foraged .
7 We had a couple of usherettes raped .
8 I only got into a couple of fights .
9 Everybody makes a big deal out of it now , because I 've done a couple of albums and you do all these guest sessions and stuff and it 's like ‘ Wow , he plays bass .
10 This line-up recorded a couple of albums and toured successfully in many countries .
11 For , now she had telephoned England , it had been brought home to her that she had a couple of choices to worry about .
12 There 's a couple of choices .
13 And what they do , is they give them a couple of choices of bo , you know , hip joints to go for and the guy decides , the surgeon decides , does his job and then the kit goes back to the manufacturer again and then when the , another hospital orders it they make up a , another kit .
14 There are occasions when you get an odd fish that weighs a couple of pounds more or less than the average on that day , but to expect this to happen is foolhardy .
15 Even with the other symptoms , the loss of a couple of pounds in a week seemed fine .
16 Your marriage certificate is a couple of pounds extra .
17 The thought makes me scared , but I still feel relief when the scales show a couple of pounds less .
18 Morag unpacked her ‘ message ’ , which was a large cauliflower from someone 's garden , and a couple of pounds of tomatoes which had obviously , from the scent , been freshly picked , then , after we had admired them , left us .
19 Commonly not exceeding a couple of pounds , the church stock reached an exceptional £7. 6s. at Waddesdon , Bucks. , though as often as not it was nil , or else no figure was given , some certificates consistently omitting it .
20 And I think that 's what a lot of problem with condemned by the G P is is they 're not able to articulate the unhappiness that 's coming from the eating disorder , so they 're told to go away and put on a couple of pounds and because they have n't expressed that feeling the G P ca n't or is n't thinking enough to try and and poke into it a little bit more .
21 A third of the people who were successful in stopping , did n't gain weight or gained less than a couple of pounds .
22 You 'll need two plastic buckets , a couple of pounds of ‘ pea shingle ’ from the local builders ' merchant and a few drops of rosemary oil available from health stores or chemists .
23 That had n't cost a couple of pounds — it can cost a small fortune .
24 In my first week , I lost nearly a stone but since then I 've only lost a couple of pounds a week .
25 The contents were predictable : a leather key-fold , a couple of pounds in coin , and a handkerchief .
26 I 'm Catherine Gray , I have nothing worth taking , there 's only a couple of pounds in my purse if that 's what you 're after .
27 But after the cauliflower curry , a couple of pounds of onion rings and six bottles of Kingfisher , I told him that I needed a place to stay out of sight for a few days .
28 You 've gained a couple of pounds .
29 Soon , though , Horsewoman Clair Dalton will be establishing a regular service around the town and for a couple of pounds , you 'll be able to step back in time and view the famous architecture in the same way that the Spa Towns Regency Founders did .
30 The tape , comprising Swinging Moods , Seasons and Feelings , in a garish/colourful sleeve , will soon be available for a couple of pounds .
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