Example sentences of "[pers pn] take [art] couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , could I take a couple of points . |
| 2 | I took a couple of mouthfuls , handed the bottle back , wiping my lips . |
| 3 | I took a couple of steps forward , then heard something whispered from behind me , and looked back to see Janice hugging Ash , almost violently . |
| 4 | And it 's only just just lately since I split with the wife er I took a couple of months to sort myself out . |
| 5 | I took a couple of pictures anyway , not knowing what possible good they would do , then kicked the Shogun in the driver 's door just for the hell of it . |
| 6 | Opal Fruits and things like that I could of got them that but of course a great big bag of Minstrels , you could n't just let them rummage through that , so what I done I took a couple of handfuls out and put them in here |
| 7 | I take a couple out and wind them round my finger . |
| 8 | Once I take a couple of painkillers , I 'll be fine . ’ |
| 9 | JP : ‘ I wrote to them and said ‘ I ca n't afford to buy your records , so will you take a couple of ours and swap ? ’ |
| 10 | She took a couple of mansized swigs , screwed her face up slightly then leaned back beside him . |
| 11 | She took a couple of steps into the yard as if Pascoe 's voice were already summoning her . |
| 12 | She took a couple of sips . |
| 13 | She took a couple of steps on the highly polished floor and fell head over everything , put out her hands to break the inevitable fall , and heard the sickening snaps as she hit the deck . |
| 14 | If she took a couple now , she 'd feel better for the long drive home . |
| 15 | She took a couple of paces across the room , thinking hard . |
| 16 | Driving back to the house through the small back-roads was more difficult than she 'd anticipated , and she took a couple of wrong turnings . |
| 17 | She took a couple of cookery books from a shelf in the kitchen , and sat down at the dining-table to look through them . |
| 18 | She took a couple of minutes to get her coat , wash her face and comb her hair . |
| 19 | She took a couple of steps on to the damp surface , lost her balance and collapsed to her knees . |
| 20 | She took a couple of tentative steps but he reached out and swiftly held her by the shoulders . |
| 21 | We took a couple of cops with us to prevent a breach of the peace and I heard one of them saying it was pointless putting rules and regulations on the wall because most of us could n't read ! |
| 22 | We took a couple of photos of him again today . |
| 23 | Let's le let let me , let me take a couple of er votes . |
| 24 | Back at the hotel , instead of heading for the bedroom , she led him to the bar , where they took a couple of glasses of malt and fell to chatting with some locals who 'd ‘ just dropped by to have a nightcap ’ despite the fact it was gone midnight and they all had work to go to in the morning . |
| 25 | They took the couple , from Norwich , on a 180mile drive before dumping them near Lyon six hours later . |
| 26 | Sometimes , when new cars are launched , it takes a couple more years of development before problems are sorted out . |
| 27 | He took a couple of steps toward the man . |
| 28 | He took a couple of deep breaths and forced himself to calm down . |
| 29 | He took a couple of wrong turnings in the gloom and was angry when he reached Jacqui 's flat . |
| 30 | He took a couple of paces then stopped , twisting round . |