Example sentences of "[art] couple of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the couple of hours between the end of rehearsals and bedtime , Campbell and I snatch a Berlin social life . |
| 2 | It took over an hour to negotiate the couple of miles to the hotel and only then because , in exasperation , I ignored all rules of good driving not to mention half-a-dozen laws , and made my way blithely down a one-way street ( the wrong way , of course ) and down a ( prohibited ) tram-only lane . |
| 3 | In The Interpretation of Dreams Freud related how a patient regularly dreamed of floating a couple of feet off the ground . |
| 4 | To enable the miller to do this more easily the arms or stocks swept to within a couple of feet of the ground . |
| 5 | Often , a flash of azure draws you eye to a kingfisher , speeding like an Exocet missile a couple of feet above the water . |
| 6 | She kicked out again , this time cracking it a couple of feet from the juncture with the adjacent wall . |
| 7 | A faded yellow skip stood a couple of feet from the door , well within diving distance . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , I agreed to carry his bag like a shot , and the Irish golfer gave me some very basic instruction in my duties over a couple of pints of the dark stuff from his native land . |
| 9 | He is a man who plays the game with huge heart but who always shares a couple of pints with the opposition afterwards . |
| 10 | Connor went off to draw a couple of pints behind the bar , as Ruth shook hands with the young man . |
| 11 | This added a couple of minutes to the time it took . |
| 12 | Sedgley was sent on for Walsh in order to protect the two-goal lead , and Hendry was given a couple of minutes at the end so that Lineker could take a well-earned breather . |
| 13 | Just a couple of minutes from the centre of Going , this picturesque gasthof is accessed from a quiet road running alongside a stream . |
| 14 | It was that brand of challenge by Darren Peacock in the fifth minute that damaged Shearer 's ankle , though he struggled on before succumbing a couple of minutes after the interval . |
| 15 | I 'd been jumping up and down like an eejit for a couple of minutes before the bloke next to me tapped me politely on the shoulder to point out the linesman and his flag . |
| 16 | Of course when you seam a garment you lose a couple of stitches into the seam . |
| 17 | It was n't enough for her , after spending the day on her own , hoovering , shopping and running the washing machine , so she said , for me to retell a couple of jokes from the Telegraph diary . |
| 18 | Part of the experiment was to hold a couple of quizzes at the time of year when we might expect problems with speakers and audience having to travel in bad weather . |
| 19 | ‘ I brought them over yesterday and George let me have a couple of boxes for the night but I do n't want to leave them over another night if I can help it . |
| 20 | I stumbled over a couple of boxes on the floor . |
| 21 | The competition called for a first chapter of 2000 words to include a couple of phrases along the lines of ‘ the scent of freshly washed hair++ ’ |
| 22 | We have also set up a couple of microphones in the real of the hall to break up the echoes which would otherwise bounce off that wall . ’ |
| 23 | If you are heavily laden with treasure you might only manage a couple of swings of the sword before you have to rest , during which time your opponent can batter away at you ! ) |
| 24 | There are also a couple of discos for the younger element . |
| 25 | Nightlife centres around the bars and restaurants , with a couple of discos at the Sporthotel and Post Hotel . |
| 26 | The cab driver had dropped him a couple of streets from the rented apartment . |
| 27 | He reached forward to turn off the gas poker and add a couple of peats to the fire . |
| 28 | Bring on Frank — give Deano a couple of games on the bench and he might come back looking a little sharper . |
| 29 | McLaren , the 22-year-old Hearts defender , told me recently that when he made his World Cup debut against Italy ( the game where he was asked to mark Roberto Baggio ) , the fact that he 'd been part of the squad at the European Championship finals , as well as playing a couple of games on the tour of North America last year , were of immeasurable assistance in making the step up . |
| 30 | After only playing a couple of games for the Anglo-Scots , due to injury , he made a successful impact in the ‘ B ’ game at Murrayfield , where the back row went well enough to be picked en block for the Reds , the junior side in the Scottish trial . |