Example sentences of "couple of [noun pl] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | free couple of vouchers for a new for a Corgi toy . |
2 | He reached forward to turn off the gas poker and add a couple of peats to the fire . |
3 | 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++ ’ |
4 | From where I 'm sitting ( in a Paris café as it happens , pal , limbering up for the days 500cl — I mean 500 word slog ) , a rest in that sense would take the form of a couple of shifts in a Bolivian tin mine — and Club Med do n't fly there . |
5 | You just drill a couple of holes in the back you need |
6 | I 'd just get a couple of bags for a Saturday night or whatever and then eventually I just got into it deeper and deeper . |
7 | He let me take a box of groceries ( Sainsbury 's of course ) while he unloaded a couple of suitcases from the boot . |
8 | THE FRENCH always make a big mark from the catwalk at Royal Ascot but this year their horses also look set to enjoy a couple of cakewalks on the racecourse itself . |
9 | THE FRENCH always make a big mark from the catwalk at Royal Ascot but this year their horses also look set to enjoy a couple of cakewalks on the racecourse itself . |
10 | I had met a couple of girls on the beach at Pipeline . |
11 | She had not abandoned her own efforts , but she had got Mrs Diggory to fetch up a couple of girls from the village . |
12 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
13 | Felicity raided her father 's cellar for a couple of bottles of an excellent Chateau Margaux . |
14 | We took in another couple of wraps on the genoa , came round into 30–40ft ( 9–12m ) of water , and wallowed our way slowly southwards once again , a scant couple of hundred yards off the reef . |
15 | It was , it was very nice except that Fred had a piece and left the last couple of slices in the tin on the side and the dog took a shine to it so it was in a tin and then in the dog . |
16 | Filled with a gentle and breadpaste mixture , with a couple of gentles on a number twelve hook , I think it 'd be a cert for bream . ’ |
17 | The ice cold water made him gasp , but after swimming a couple of lengths of the plunge , he got out feeling an exhilaration beyond belief . |
18 | She paused at the mantelpiece to move a small cactus a couple of inches to the left . |
19 | Remember that the teeth run in an upward direction and the last tooth sits a couple of inches below the eye . |
20 | Kevin dug a hole to a couple of inches below the pipe , where ha wanted to cut through it . |
21 | Binyon took a hunting-flask from his jacket pocket and poured a couple of inches into a styrofoam cup . |
22 | ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said . |
23 | A tuck here and there , perhaps , and a couple of inches off the length , and their skirts would be quite presentable . |
24 | Apparently that drives a couple of bones into the brain . |
25 | There are a couple of hills beyond the A438 if you fancy , but the road is a convenient enough place to call it quits . |
26 | I accompanied the asparagus I had for dinner ( over-cooked ) with a couple of glasses of the Sasbacher Scheibenbuck Müller Thurgau ( trocken ) . |
27 | Pinch out the growing tips from tomato plants a couple of leaves above the top truss of plants . |
28 | Any way I 've sent a couple of mailings since no problems . |
29 | Drop a couple of marbles into the cup and watch the water spill over . |
30 | ‘ All my choices have proved ill ’ , says Frodo within a couple of pages of the start of his quest . |