Sentence examples for a couple token from inspiring English sources

SHOPPING It's pretty hard to go to a new place and not pick up a few souvenirs or a couple token items.

And lest you accuse the live performance of the "Christian Side Hug" of being just a teency-weency bit racist, don't worry, they got a couple token black youth ministers to trade in their golf polos and khakis for leather jackets that day, and stand behind them (while looking mildly embarrassed).

So long as Cameron can point to a couple of token victories over Brussels, the likes of Michael Gove and Philip Hammond – who once threatened to vote for out – are likely to campaign to stay in.

Apart from a couple of token scenic elements, like a big piece of rusted metal that descended from the flies to denote that a scene was taking place indoors, the action played on an empty stage.

A couple of token shops at the jetty in Geiranger village sell T-shirts and toy trolls, but the sheer size and isolation of this part of Norway means that it's easy to escape the crowds and appreciate the deep blue waters of this awesome natural phenomenon.

That's why nothing's quite as amusing as the White House Correspondents Dinnerr, which entails getting the two together, adding a couple of token activist celebs, internet billionaires, and hangers-on, sticking them all in black tie and watching their strained attempts to laugh at themselves.

Present in the room were wealth managers, venture capitalists, fixed income and equity traders, professional investors, lawyers, quants, mutual fund managers, bankers, heads of family foundations, philanthropists and market makers of all kinds and a couple of token (and sympathetic) males thrown into the mix.

Tokens were for people like them: in town to see a Broadway musical, and then, a few hours later and a couple of tokens lighter, back out.

And soon average Americans will be able to experience the wonder that is Oculus Rift for just a couple of tokens.

There are a couple of tokens of "same-sex marriage," but "gay marriage" is much more frequent.

They are given $1.50 and a couple of subway tokens and left to fend for themselves.