Example sentences of "have taken a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Better ? ’ she said when he 'd taken a couple of swallows , and he managed to nod again . |
| 2 | Up to the fifth floor , then walk down to the third , where he 'd taken a couple of rooms . |
| 3 | The cost of this exercise was considered prohibitive , and the time factor to effect the alterations involved had it been financially acceptable , would have taken a couple of years . |
| 4 | It must have taken a couple of hours or more to reach the machan , a platform raised on poles . |
| 5 | Well th they , they 're used to selling cheapy stuff , they do n't know if they can sell this , they 've taken a couple on |
| 6 | No , I 've taken a couple , look . |
| 7 | He had taken a couple of square inches of rock cocaine from wherever he had hidden his supply and was chopping it with his knife on to Trent 's shaving mirror . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I had taken a couple of slices of bread up the tree with me , with the intention of feeding small pieces of pinched flake into their midst to see if they would accept them . |
| 10 | Then , entering Henry 's land once more , they had taken a couple of fences in good style and returned home in excellent spirits , congratulating each other warmly . |
| 11 | Rory had been down home in the country all day long , working on some bad debt accounts with Tom Holdfast , so he and Mallachy had taken a couple in the Wellington Park to wash away the nasty taste of commerce . |
| 12 | He had taken a couple of tablets of synthesized dope . |
| 13 | I have taken a couple more roach to hemp and reckon i have about 14 lb in the net . |