Sentence examples for a couple of rather from inspiring English sources

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We had a couple of rather rough refereeing decisions, but doesn't everybody?

A small warning: I would think twice before taking any small kids to see this one, since there's a couple of rather intense hunting scenes.

A couple of rather trivial facts about the field before I go on to what I'd actually like to talk about.

After a series of pushes and a couple of rather weedy punches at Salazar's helmeted head, Piquet changed tack and put the boot in.

My main criticism of Almost English is really of its plot, which contains a couple of rather anticlimactic revelations and concludes rather implausibly, leaving some dangling loose ends.

There's no Holy Cow sitting in this sycamore, only a couple of rather agitated blackbirds, but the tree's creativity is irrepressible.

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We take the bus for a couple of stops rather than walk for five minutes; turn on the heating rather than pull on a jumper.

It means plastering can be done in a couple of days rather than weeks.

Well, Poots does do a couple of songs – rather well – but it doesn't intrude.

Customers "are looking for things which will last for a couple of years, rather than get thrown away after a season," says Nick Fiddes of Scotweb, an internet retailer.

I also test the theory that oil maketh the omelette, by sautéing my onions and potatoes in a couple of tablespoonfuls, rather than the 300ml suggested by Jenny Chandler.

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