Example sentences of "have [verb] a couple " in BNC.

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1 The station has broadcast a couple of times legally over the past year .
2 But the last week or so has provided a couple of classics , little exchanges that appear to have nothing to do with policy and everything to do with ego , bitterness and vendetta .
3 Mr. Bridges has asked a couple of pertinent scientific questions — but let's hear more from him before , perhaps , returning to the audience here in the studio for some more of their opinion . ’
4 The form of the on-loan Arsenal forward John Bacon , who has scored a couple of crucial goals in recent weeks , and Stuart Gauld 's uncanny accuracy from penalties and free kicks , are potentially lethal weapons in the Derry armoury .
5 about three years and it has bled a couple of times .
6 One evening after she 'd completed a couple of laps of the pool she was surprised to see David Markham stroll out of the changing-rooms on to the poolside .
7 Within three and a half seconds he 'd made a couple of marks on the paper and shoved it back .
8 I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how .
9 Although she 'd seen a couple of nice men recently , when it came to the heavy breathing Miranda found that she did n't want to be touched intimately by anyone she did n't know well .
10 Says Lt Watts , a Northern Ireland veteran : ‘ Before Bosnia I 'd seen a couple of bodies in road accidents but that was just it .
11 I 'd noticed a couple of characters in different bars who also seemed more interested in the people than the liquor , and it did n't need any Sherlock Holmes to know who was paying for their drinks .
12 He 'd done a couple of circuits before they stopped .
13 And we I tell you we 'd got a couple of hundred in ours .
14 In fact I 'd told a couple of the group — Mr and Mrs Kronquist , I think it was — that I was going up to Summertown . ’
15 Supposing , when Rozanov and I visited the porno bookshop , I said I 'd bought a couple of hardcore videos , hired a video recorder at the hotel , and spent two afternoons watching porn in my room .
16 We 'd had a couple just stay on the lip and we were getting desperate .
17 They used to do some outrageous things together when they 'd had a couple of beers .
18 ‘ 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 ’ .
19 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 ?
20 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 .
21 I 'd had a couple of drinks , lapped up some fast food , and jumped into a cab .
22 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 .
23 She 'd had a couple of little fumbling and innocuous affairs , nothing serious , and she never dared breathe a word to Georg .
24 and it was later on when she 'd had a couple of tomatoes .
25 After he 'd played a couple of tunes , the organ grinder took off his old frayed cap and handed it round the crowd that had gathered .
26 Sister Hope told me she 'd known a couple of pneumonias opened up by mistake . ’
27 We 'd spent a couple of days practising the relay .
28 I 'd left a couple of rings on which were really hard to get off .
29 if it 'd happened a couple of weeks ago when she was about I would of kept going over like she said I could do
30 ‘ Better ? ’ she said when he 'd taken a couple of swallows , and he managed to nod again .
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