How to use "couple" in a sentence

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'There are a couple of tourniquets under there,' Steve replies.

The couple were talking quietly, and the woman had her hand on the man's chest

Unfortunately he had not worked for some months so the couple could not pay the rent, and Mary had returned to prostitution

Hutchinson followed the couple into Dorset Street, where they stood and talked at the entrance to Miller's Court

The couple dressed Cosette in rags and gave her very little food, which they made her eat from a wooden bowl under the table

If he's found guilty of stealing from the bishop - who, as you know, died a couple of years ago - and of robbing the small boy, he'll spend the rest of his life in prison.'

He walked for a couple of hours every evening, sometimes alone, sometimes with Cosette

Marius saw this couple frequently on his regular walks in the Gardens

Enjolras had often seen the couple, too.

When he returned, one summer morning six months later, he saw the same couple sitting on the same bench, but something amazing had happened

Valjean had gone away on business for a couple of days, and Cosette was in the downstairs sitting room, playing the piano.

It was arranged that the couple, who could not believe their sudden, new-found happiness, would live with M

Cosette and Marius made a handsome couple on their wedding day

"A beautiful, young couple who are happy and in love."

She looks around the carriage: there are only eight other people there: a young couple holding hands and talking quietly on the seat opposite her; two businessmen a few seats to her right; an old lady two seats to her left; a mother and son at the far end of the carriage

There are still several people in the carriage: the young couple is still there and the two businessmen.

It's starting really soon - in a couple of weeks, I think."

"He comes out for tests in a couple of weeks, doesn't he?" said Mom

She was proud, unable to bear the thought of appearing to be hysterical to a couple of macho cops who would grin at her and, later over doughnuts and coffee, make jokes about her

Gradually Vivienne's heartbeat subsided from the hard, frantic rhythm that it had been keeping for the past couple of minutes

I just have to check on the show once every couple of weeks to make sure the tone of it isn't drifting away from my original intention."

The heating system rumbled to life, and for a couple of minutes at a time, the blower whispered wordlessly as hot air pushed through the vents.

A couple of minutes later, having completed the call, Tina went back to Danny's room to survey the damage again

"Let's walk down to the ice-cream parlor and get a couple of pistachio cones

At least it wasn't like the Michael Evans she had known for the past couple of years

They've been through a time warp and lost a couple of days

You could have taken him down to Disneyland for a couple days

Just a couple of hours ago she had concluded that the person behind this harassment had to be a stranger

When we finished our work a couple minutes ago, I came up to see if you were here

A couple weeks after the little girl was buried, the mother started feeling guilty about not paying her last respects."

I still work at that a couple of days a week because it's a good way to keep in shape

Listen, why don't you mix us a couple of drinks while I change out of this suit

"He left just a couple minutes before you came in."

"I know a couple of local guys," Elliot said

I think it would be wise for us to stay up there for a couple of days, even after we've talked to Bellicosti, until we can figure a way out of this mess

"A couple hundred bucks

They might track us when we use the cards, but not for a couple of days."

A young couple was plotting conspiratorially, leaning toward each other from opposite sides of a booth, their heads almost touching

"We sound like a couple of prime candidates for a padded cell."

After all, the last couple of years we were married, Michael was running around with a lot of other women, spending most of his time away from home, and Danny felt even more abandoned than I did

A couple of toothbrushes."

Elliot was glad they had bought a couple of heavy coats before leaving Las Vegas

If we stop for more than a couple of seconds, it'll show up on their receiver, and they might get suspicious."

"Will you be needing the Explorer in the next couple of days?" Elliot asked.

"Can a couple of people like us really have a chance of winning when we're up against something as big as the government itself?"

They looked like a couple of skiers on their way to the slopes.

"We're sure to encounter at least a couple of security men, no matter how clever Danny is

He told the guards he was going snowshoeing for a couple of hours

I would not be surprised to learn that one of the network-approved writers is in prison for crimes of a particularly perverse nature committed against small woodland animals - and I know that at least a couple of them are no longer in the business

The crowd around the pit had increased to a couple of hundred people, perhaps

He heard their screams and, hurrying round the corner, saw a couple of men trying to pull them out of the little cart which they had been driving, while a third held onto the frightened horse's head

I managed to get a couple of glasses of dirty water

I went into a couple of the houses, looking for food, but all of it had already been taken

I saw a couple of hungry-looking dogs, but they hurried away from me

I remember that George once saw a young couple who were walking by the side of the river

So, the young couple towed George and his three fat friends up to Marlow

'Hmm, when don't I? With the baby coming in a couple of months and the government's new controls on pay

Then, a couple of weeks later, the coup

Are those shoes the old pair which were new a couple of months ago? Or are they the newest pair? And here she is herself, the pretty one

The married couple will go to Italy for the winter months