Sentence examples for couple of stick from inspiring English sources

A partial prop list gives a picture of the proceedings: a dressmaker's dummy (that serves as an occult tree), folded love letters and sheet music (that transform into fluttering birds), a couple of stick horses (for princes to ride) and a ladder (as a substitute for the tower that holds a certain golden-haired lass captive).

It was a couple of sticks of dynamite attached to a travel alarm clock.

Of their tempestuous relationship, Burton once said: "You can't keep clapping a couple of sticks [of dynamite] together without expecting them to blow up".

A couple of sticking points apparently held the deal long enough for Tesla's car sales to pick up rapidly and the factory was restarted.

But I guess it was the story's innocence, and even Mila's voice, which despite not being that original, almost trickled like a really smooth stream, with just a couple of sticks blocking the way.

Also, a tiny sewing kit, a couple of pills (two sleeping pills, two pain-killers, two Imodium; a couple of sticking plasters (band-aids in American); spare cufflinks; an almost exhausted roll of sticky tape, a blob of Blu-Tack, a few yellow Post-it notes, spare fountain-pen cartridges.

1kg or so of white fish bones, tails and heads, washed 2 medium leeks, roughly chopped 2 medium onions, roughly chopped A couple of sticks of celery, roughly chopped Half a lemon 1tsp fennel seeds 20 black peppercorns A couple of sprigs of thyme 1 bay leaf A few parsley stalks Put the bones into a pot with the rest of the ingredients, cover with cold water and bring to the boil.

He sleeps in a tent made of a tarp and some blankets draped over a couple of sticks.