Example sentences of "[art] couple of [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Nightlife centres around the bars and restaurants , with a couple of discos at the Sporthotel and Post Hotel . |
| 4 | The time-consuming nature of Janet 's part in the process , combined with a bad back which prevents her spending more than a couple of hours at the drawing board every day , means she can not keep up with her husband 's prolific output . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know if it 's of any help but — er — I made a couple of notes at the time . |
| 6 | I mentioned a couple of things at the start that , er yes . |
| 7 | ‘ Had a couple of wins at the ‘ Stow . |
| 8 | True , it bankrupted the company , and you need a couple of sessions at the gym before you can park one , but that 's beside the point . |
| 9 | Flicking the blaster setting back to normal , she stepped back and loosed a couple of shots at the right-hand side of the metal , which had n't yet been cut . |
| 10 | I would be flying over and staying with Angie for a couple of weeks at The Sherry Netherland , and Angie and I would go with Zowie in the daytime and then we 'd stay up all night with David because he functioned at night . |
| 11 | Their relatives were overjoyed that they could see them on stage when they returned to their home town in the summer for a couple of weeks at the prestigious new Palace of Varieties . |
| 12 | All his favourite soloists appeared , many fronting his best troupes ; Amy Knott with the Forget-me-nots , Bessie as usual with the Troubadours and Maggie Rimmer and the new Rainbow troupe who slipped off during the run to do a couple of weeks at the London Pavilion and the Oxford , then returned to complete the season . |
| 13 | When I first went , I thought I 'd only get them for a couple of weeks at the most . |
| 14 | I think at the onset we all thought , it 's not gon na last long you know a couple of weeks at the most . |
| 15 | I put a big crust on the hook , dip it for a couple of seconds at the edge of the river to give it casting weight , and then swing it into the current . |
| 16 | I can see the lights from a couple of shops at the end of the driveway , but they ai n't open I think — they just got their lights on . |
| 17 | That 's why I came back on Tuesday night ; normally I stay in London during the week — my wife usually spends a couple of days at the flat with me . ’ |
| 18 | You 'll only be there a couple of days at the most . |
| 19 | Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles . |
| 20 | I have asked a couple of guys at the college you know and one fellow said the tray , oh he said , you can buy this tray from a builders , oh he said you can make a , a cover and I said oh god , make it the same colour as the mat and the er |
| 21 | But following a shake up last year in internal procedures , he says that most applications for cash are dealt with in a couple of months at the most . |
| 22 | In 1977 , I took my first ever sabbatical , and spent a couple of months at the Australian National University in Canberra . |