a couple of in a sentence

Inside were a couple of building-society account books and a few bank notes.

Did you acclimate the star slowly over a couple of hours?

Climbers spend a couple of weeks in Base Camp, acclimatizing to the altitude.

The heady days of abstinence lasted a couple of decades.

a couple of A-bombs released on civilians was not enough to supply data to those hungry for control.

I’m taking a couple of days off.

I’ve had only a couple of drinks.

I am taking a couple of days off.

I’ll be ready in a couple of minutes.

I’ve seen a couple of Kurosawa’s filMs.
Can you slice me off a couple of pieces of turkey?
He stayed at a hotel for a couple of days.

I am going to stay here for a couple of days.

I must have my car fixed in a couple of days.

I’m going to stay there for a couple of days.

I’m going to stay here for a couple of months.

I went to Hawaii on vacation for a couple of weeks.

a couple of crows were perched on the telephone wires.

The printing of the brochure will take a couple of days.

Can you summarize the plot of the movie in a couple of paragraphs?
I did a scan on the computer and found a couple of viruses.

It took a couple of strong aspirin to relieve her headache.

a couple of large limbs fell off the tree during the storm.

The child wiped away a tear, and sniffed a couple of times.

The baby made a couple of tentative steps and then sat down.

I have a couple of pieces of evidence to support my opinion.

She has been suffering from cancer for a couple of years now.

We put the pudding in the fridge to gel for a couple of hours.

a couple of flights were delayed on account of the earthquake.

The new machines should be operational within a couple of days.

He has been meditating on the problem for a couple of days now.

The novel is really slim, and can be read in a couple of hours.

We put the pudding in the fridge to jell for a couple of hours.

The soldiers rejoined their unit after a couple of days of rest.

I got a sharp stitch in my side after running a couple of miles.

The little girl sniffed a couple of times and wiped away a tear.

a couple of students always linger after class to ask questions.

I vomited a couple of times last night because I drank too much.

The swimmer reached the edge of the pool in a couple of strokes.

She’s thinking of taking a couple of courses at a cooking school.

We are planning to go travelling in Europe for a couple of months.

When we bought the house, a couple of the appliances came with it.

She has been a member of the chess club for a couple of years now.

a couple of fish have touched the hook, but nothing has bitten yet.

She’s signed up for a couple of night classes at the local college.

She has written a couple of articles for the Northern Poetry Review.

It took us a couple of days to properly equip ourselves for the hike.

He had the disease for a couple of years, but is now completely cured.

Within a couple of minutes, she had eaten up all the bread and cheese.

There are a couple of good pubs here in town that brew their own beer.