Example sentences of "'ve [adv] [verb] a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my first week , I lost nearly a stone but since then I 've only lost a couple of pounds a week . |
| 2 | ‘ We 've only had a couple of abusive ones , and a couple of nasty telephone calls . ’ |
| 3 | It 's so hard to work on full glow when you 've only had a couple of hours kip . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If you 've only got a couple of hours , best make the most of them . ’ |
| 6 | I 've only got a couple of loaves . |
| 7 | Here , the concrete Yeah that but we have n't got the resources to do it yet We 've just got a couple of assumptions At , together at the beginning The tractor and trailer is generally helping moving between cranes loading back and forth , so many areas So , unless you want us to go through this literally point by point , it 's question time . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's not fair , ’ gasped Rachel , ‘ I 've already done a couple of laps ! ’ |
| 9 | I 've already had a couple of tentative enquiries . |
| 10 | We 've already had a couple of plonkers sending us demonstration games from the Shoot-Em-Up Construction Kit , but luckily for them we spotted the offending articles ( not difficult ) . |
| 11 | I 've already had a couple of spats with them and they would n't pass up an opportunity like this to poke fun . |
| 12 | Basically , yeah , if I want to , I 've always got a couple of boys to fall back on . |
| 13 | ‘ In the meantime we 've still got a couple of days left , and I 'd better start getting my act together , or my replacement is going to wonder what sort of service we 've been running here ! |
| 14 | You know , I mean they 've still got a couple of books each and I 've bought three |
| 15 | 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 . |