Example sentences of "couple of [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A couple of adjectives to describe him ? ’ |
| 2 | And then , when I was taking the exhibition down , a couple of women helped me and they said , ‘ Why are you so angry , dear ? ’ |
| 3 | Well , you said if I brought a couple of mates down you 'd get us in . |
| 4 | In any case , a couple of notables reached us this week . |
| 5 | Before you can sign the translation contract , the publishers insist that you provide a sample translation of a couple of pages to allow them to assess your competence as a translator of this type of literature . |
| 6 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |
| 7 | So I said that er twenty five quid , couple of jumpers fuck it . |
| 8 | She was seeking the next angle , the next approach , knowing that she 'd have at the most a couple of minutes to make her pitch . |
| 9 | His son , a bachelor of twenty-five , became King Henry V , and he experienced a couple of attempts to usurp him during the first year , but by August 1415 he was able to sail with an invasion fleet of 1500 vessels to France , where he withstood an attack launched on 25th . |
| 10 | The equinoctial gales make a couple of attempts to scare us , but like an old Shetland pony we turn our backs to the wind and stick it out . |
| 11 | However , when he grabbed Richard Baxter 's cloak it came away , and before he could do any more harm a couple of by-standers restrained him and hauled him off to the magistrates . |
| 12 | He had to press it down a couple of times to stop it falling over . |
| 13 | I glanced round a couple of times expecting him to appear through the trees with a mouthful of oaths and a loud ‘ Come on , Boyo ! |
| 14 | ‘ If a guitarist smokes a couple of weeds to get him in the mood to play no-one bats an eyelid because he 's a public entertainer . |
| 15 | There was another couple of Chelsea fans I was singing about them all the fucking day were n't I ? |
| 16 | I parked the jeep under a tree and then , looking at my watch , I decided that as I had a couple of hours to spare I would take a walk across to the other bridge where I had noticed a café on our first day into Normandy . |
| 17 | But he only had about a couple of hours to do it in — after I 'd rung from Hannover . |
| 18 | couple of hours get me going . |
| 19 | It 'll take us a couple of hours to reach them , and at least twice as long on the return , plus whatever time we have to spend getting the patient stable enough to move . |
| 20 | The end of the bridge was clearly visible as it grew out of the far bank , and needed only a couple of rafts to make it complete . |
| 21 | ‘ Middlesbrough came at us really strong and had a couple of chances to punish us . |
| 22 | And it 's just opposite where we drop Heidi , we used to walk along the road it does n't really lead anywhere only to a couple of farms does it ? |
| 23 | ‘ I played soccer all the way through school and never entertained the thought of rugby until a couple of friends took me down to Preston Grasshoppers . |
| 24 | When they get big there 's no problem at all , it 's just that couple of years getting them settled down . |
| 25 | At times Tim 's speed and intelligence is quite breathtaking and I sure that with a couple of years experience he will become a very fine craftsman . |
| 26 | And I had a couple of months making it and god , it was such a wonderful time I had and writing the lyrics and saying things about love and feelings that have meant something to me over the years . |
| 27 | A couple of guys think they can stake it out and wait for me , rub their filthy fingers on my clothes , piss in my bathroom , and I 'm supposed to ignore it . |
| 28 | A couple of anachronisms fighting it out here while real life moved in on them from the east almost unnoticed . |
| 29 | ‘ I tried not to listen to all that dirty talk , but the truth is a couple of suggestions left me wondering … ’ |
| 30 | Another couple of lads joined me at Middlesbrough station and off we went to be gentlemen 's gentlemen . |