Example sentences of "couple of times [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't a sort of a sort of a thin cane , it was quite a big stick , he whacked him a couple of times across the backside . |
| 2 | He won the local Easter parade a couple of times as the best-dressed man which , in the depressed Thirties , must have put him in the mould of something of an exhibitionist . |
| 3 | Erm reference has been made er a couple of times to the appendix which I attached to my submission , that 's the map and the schedule of strategic constraints , I feel I ought not to let it pass without some comment . |
| 4 | You may trip over a couple of times on the way but you will be quite capable of picking yourself up and getting on with life until you have achieved your goal . |
| 5 | The practice fence should be jumped slowly initially , then a couple of times a bit faster to get into cross country ‘ mood ’ and a couple of times on the angle so that the horse is awake and ready to think about the task ahead . |
| 6 | She clings on to me as we go up the stairs and we have to rest a couple of times on the way . |
| 7 | er which we stop for er we probably have a cup of tea a couple of times on the way down |
| 8 | I visited her a couple of times in the hospital , and then Mr Browne told me she died . |
| 9 | Copper had trodden on me a couple of times in the stable , very uncharacteristically , and he also ran into a friend of mine while shying at something , as if she was n't there . |
| 10 | Anyway , the Perm leapt up and booted Charlie a couple of times in the ear with those famous feet until the heavies pulled him away . |