Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [art] couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I ask Shirley nicely she might lend me a couple . |
| 2 | Er we 'll buy them a couple of towels or something . |
| 3 | Well , we 're not supposed to start till five past , so let's give them a couple more minutes just in case they 're caught in the lift or something . |
| 4 | We 've been told if we go over the two pound , they wo n't sell , sell so well , erm , so really I 'm not too sure , but er , I , I can work on bigger , er , like I got this couple of days off living Manchester , I 'm sure if I approach erm , you know , the police , they might give me a couple of days selling out there . |
| 5 | And , and whenever they knew you 've come would you , would you walk through and , and they used to for us every time an tha and that in those days they 'd give you a couple of bob which is , it was a fortune to me at that age . |
| 6 | The promise and the fulfilment , let me just give you a couple of verses there in John fourteen , John make er , Jesus he makes this statement to his disciples , in John fourteen , in verses sixteen and seventeen , and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper , another word for the Holy Spirit , that he may be with you forever . |
| 7 | oh it 's alright I 'll give you a couple of hundred quid for it but , you know , it 's all , it 's all |
| 8 | And erm I said take Kirsty 's sleeping bag and call in here for a sleeping bag and I 'll give you a couple of blankets to go with it . |
| 9 | I can give you a couple examples of the more tangible advantages with reference to schemes which are administered by the erm Science and Engineering Research Council . |
| 10 | You ask for one more thing and I 'll send you a couple of fingers — I 'll take a hammer and cold chisel to the little prick 's right hand . |
| 11 | This arrangement , cleverly yet quite simply managed , would give him a couple of hours to get on with what he desperately wanted to get on with : to climb into bed with Downes 's beautiful and doubtlessly over-sexed wife , Lucy , and get his bottom on the top sheet before his time ran out . |
| 12 | Mind you , you would n't mind , you 'd give him a couple like , if you |
| 13 | Anything you 're up to let us know it 's What 's On B B C Radio Nottingham P O Box two two two in Nottingham Nottingham N G one three H Z to write to er give us a couple of weeks ' notice if you can . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
| 15 | ‘ She 'll need a coat in winter , ’ she said , adding ‘ I 'll make you a couple . ’ |
| 16 | Oh we can always lend you a couple of ten pences . |
| 17 | do you want some posters for Gordon and Adam , well I can only lend you a couple of ones , but those might do if she turns them over |
| 18 | Did did you see it a couple of weeks ago where |
| 19 | They may cost you a couple of hundred quid , but they look as if your grandmother may have knitted them from one of her own patterns . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I took my friend from Olivera 's to lunch , which will cost you a couple of quid or a night out at the weekend . |
| 21 | still gon na take them a couple of hours |
| 22 | ‘ It will take me a couple of days before I can get organised , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |
| 24 | That way there would be plenty of decent players for each team and it would only take me a couple of hours per week to sort out . |
| 25 | Let me read you a couple of paragraphs from er , an essay on the new Gothic in Jane Eyre , by erm , and American critic called Robert Harman . |
| 26 | I said I 'd read you a couple of stories . |
| 27 | that 's disgraceful that yeah and so that was from erm Street down to the and down the back so it would n't take , did n't take him a couple of minutes down to the mission |
| 28 | It 'll take us a couple of hours to reach them , and at least twice as long on the return , plus whatever time we have to spend getting the patient stable enough to move . |
| 29 | Oh it 'll take us a couple of minutes ! |
| 30 | Also the same if you 're playing football with Jim on Thursday you could also just mention to , I 'll leave you a couple of these er these leaflets which do explain a lot of the areas we 've covered tonight , erm perhaps you could give one to Peter or |