Example sentences of "we have [verb] a couple [prep] " in BNC.

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1 And we I tell you we 'd got a couple of hundred in ours .
2 We 'd had a couple of years to put the break-up into perspective and I know , personally , I was missing the lads and the buzz I used to get from songs like ‘ Suspect Devices ’ and ‘ Straw Dogs ’ .
3 We 'd spent a couple of days practising the relay .
4 We 're also committed to tenant participation and er we 've done a couple of exercises already on the scheme and we 've secured some funding from the housing corporation to employ Anglian Design on our behalf with the the housing association er , to involve the tenants as fully as possible in the er , development process .
5 We 've seen a couple of their machines briefly , as they passed through the office on their way for testing , they look like competent machines .
6 We 've moved a couple of times , but still the same area .
7 We 've got a couple of erm er , oh that was the only one from the er questions is it ?
8 We 've got a couple of dressage horses at livery .
9 Well we 'll see what we say anyway we 've got er we 've got a couple of the Councillors on erm after one o'clock today Councillor Stuart Argyle and we 've got David Poole on as well
10 So we can estimate this model although we 've got a couple of problems that we 'll come to later on , but nevertheless it 's essentially estimatable .
11 He said : ‘ This is a similar challenge to Auxerre , but we 've got a couple of away goals this time .
12 He said : ‘ This is a similar challenge to Auxerre , but we 've got a couple of away goals this time .
13 He said : ‘ This is a similar challenge to Auxerre , but we 've got a couple of away goals this time .
14 We 've got a couple of bricks in ours
15 we 've got a couple of fruit and veg and that , but we are were looking
16 which we 've got a couple of big ones but we have n't got like extra ones outside the garden dropping leaves .
17 Well initially we we 're we 're going to we 're going to go nationally but very quickly we 're gon na see where erm our strengths and weaknesses are erm and we know already where the erm the large market is and once we 've had a couple of T V spots to make it known nationally erm in the end of course we 're gon na have to erm probably concentrate on those areas which erm er which 'll give us the best return .
18 Erm we 've had a couple of flat fires .
19 We 've had a couple of bomb threats lately and it 's been installed to warn staff to clear the building .
20 ‘ I take it we 've had a couple of admissions ? ’
21 are struggling , we 've had a couple of
22 In fact we 've had a couple of meetings recently Kevin with , with erm the employment office looking at , at their changing role
23 We 've had a couple of stoppages in the first half , not the sort that will give us the nine minutes of added time we had at Highbury on Saturday , but certainly a minute or two this evening .
24 In fact , we 've had a couple of accolades from English reading teachers to the effect that erm the policy is so easy to understand .
25 You know we 've all see th t One we 've discussed a couple of times .
26 we had to spend a couple of years erm longer at school .
27 Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles .
28 I would imagine the plaster wall have to be replaced cos there 's a lot of work that needs to be done on t we 've already had to deal with the plastering once , in fact we would n't have noticed cos we had n't seen it before but what happened is that the the frame of the hall particularly shrank so that we had gaps in between where the plastering was and where the wood was and we had to have a couple of men that we used for this , erm come in with lime plaster and fill in all the cracks for a week or two .
29 She clings on to me as we go up the stairs and we have to rest a couple of times on the way .
30 We have had a couple of occasions where the money can not be claimed back recently , so this is just to inform you of the position that the insurers are taking .
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