Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [verb] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | I came here to record a couple of shows for Britain — and I thought that would be it . |
| 2 | I had already done a couple of jumpers for a largish lady , so I embarked on the back of the third . |
| 3 | I had already seen a couple of ringed seals , several eider duck , many Arctic terns and kittiwakes and a few scruffy immature glaucous gulls before I crept into my bunk to sleep . |
| 4 | It was a reasonably clear evening and since I had already had a couple of glasses of champagne I decided to cycle over to Sally 's flat in Fulham . |
| 5 | ‘ That 's not fair , ’ gasped Rachel , ‘ I 've already done a couple of laps ! ’ |
| 6 | I 've already had a couple of tentative enquiries . |
| 7 | I 've already had a couple of spats with them and they would n't pass up an opportunity like this to poke fun . |
| 8 | The cache system survives , and I 've even added a couple of petrol bombs to one or two of the secret stores , where a likely avenue of attack comes in over terrain the bottles would smash on , but the trip-wires I 've dismantled and left in the shed . |
| 9 | Basically , yeah , if I want to , I 've always got a couple of boys to fall back on . |
| 10 | In my first week , I lost nearly a stone but since then I 've only lost a couple of pounds a week . |
| 11 | Very light surgery this morning : I have n't to be in Chollerton until two and I 've only got a couple of calls to make . |
| 12 | I 've only got a couple that I did last week . |
| 13 | I 've only got a couple of loaves . |
| 14 | I 've only had a couple , I can drive . ’ |