Example sentences of "have have [art] couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd had a couple just stay on the lip and we were getting desperate . |
| 2 | They used to do some outrageous things together when they 'd had a couple of beers . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 5 | He 'd had a couple of sessions with his union rep and had been told not to worry , it was just a way of filling some quota ; if anything , his job was probably more secure now than it had been before . |
| 6 | I 'd had a couple of drinks , lapped up some fast food , and jumped into a cab . |
| 7 | He had n't meant to say it , but it was the effect of the beer and the movement of the ship and her sophistication , all things he could n't cope with together , so he 'd taken her down to the bar and they 'd had a couple more drinks to restore his confidence before the boat docked . |
| 8 | She 'd had a couple of little fumbling and innocuous affairs , nothing serious , and she never dared breathe a word to Georg . |
| 9 | and it was later on when she 'd had a couple of tomatoes . |
| 10 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 11 | If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em . |
| 12 | Howells left his station to score the first after 67 minutes , and by the time Teddy Sheringham had tucked away a second from the penalty spot — earned by the sheer stamina of Durie — Spurs could have had a couple more . |
| 13 | Crewe might have had a couple more . |
| 14 | you 'll have to have a couple of washers |
| 15 | Carolyn had had a couple of goes at it and made it into — well , more of a privet dodo than a hen . |
| 16 | I 've had a couple of nice chats with the people at GMTV , but I told them I was n't in a hurry to decide what I would do next and frankly I do n't envy the people who are going straight on to another show . ’ |
| 17 | I 've had a couple of stormy sessions with the old rascal trying to keep him on the beam . ’ |
| 18 | I have to confess that on that , in so far as those that I 've attended , and I 've had a couple in my area I have to confess my surprise at the efficiency of them ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Erm we 've had a couple of flat fires . |
| 21 | We 've had a couple of bomb threats lately and it 's been installed to warn staff to clear the building . |
| 22 | Although she no longer performs , except as a lecturer ( she is professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina ) , she still likes to sing , ‘ When I 've had a couple of glasses ! ’ |
| 23 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |
| 24 | I can imagine some unpleasant things happening with the sling , too ; the sling-bombs have to be on a pretty short fuse if they 're to detonate soon enough after they land not to be throw-backable , and I 've had a couple of close calls already when they 've gone off just after they left the sling . |
| 25 | Erm I I 've had a couple of difficulties with those . |
| 26 | ‘ I take it we 've had a couple of admissions ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And I 've had a couple of glasses of Scotch to celebrate finishing a course of antibiotics for a chest infection , ’ he finished wearily . |
| 28 | are struggling , we 've had a couple of |
| 29 | She said they 've had they 've had a couple of days out here trekking , trying to catch people ! |
| 30 | In fact we 've had a couple of meetings recently Kevin with , with erm the employment office looking at , at their changing role |