Example sentences of "we [vb past] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately when we went into the shop to buy his gift we met a couple of his ex-girlfriends who insisted on coming along to remind him of the girls he is leaving behind , and to present him with a small , but wonderfully-packaged gift , a token of our friendship . |
| 2 | And we sold a couple of million records , so it got a bit popular ! ’ |
| 3 | A spokesman for Stickley & Kent , one of the UK 's biggest repossession auctioneers said : ‘ We sold a couple of flats last month for Pounds 5,000 , but by and large anyone buying a repossessed home does not actually get a bargain . |
| 4 | We passed a couple of bozos in the hallway maze , decked out like Toytown security guards , guaranteed rednecks with a deep dislike of anything rock'n'roll-related . |
| 5 | At least we got a couple of fucking here with those girls , you know what I mean , it feels good . |
| 6 | Those generous people at Trantec have told us we can give away the very S1000 we reviewed a couple of months back , and we do n't need telling twice … |
| 7 | We reported a couple of years back that just as leading US companies like IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co were adopting Total Quality Management with messianic zeal , the Japanese had decided that it was not good enough and had moved on to Zero-Defects Management , and the Financial Times ' Observer column offers an example of just why : it has a release that flags ‘ the first major conference on Total Quality Management for Pension Finds ’ . |
| 8 | We played a couple of club dates , one of which was filmed as the next video for ‘ Back To The Light ’ , and then we did three smallish stadium gigs with Joe Cocker and the B-52s , and they went very well too . |
| 9 | ‘ But we played a couple of soft ends and let them back into it , ’ said Belliss later . |
| 10 | We 'd a couple call last weekend that were in |
| 11 | We walked a couple of blocks , looking in vain for a cab . |
| 12 | no the last we did it was er , we just had a , had this , had this purse with the , which we , we stuck a couple of hundred francs in each to start of with |
| 13 | ‘ The month began quietly , but things really began to move from about the 10th onwards , and in terms of takings we recorded a couple of record days . |
| 14 | Before starting comrades I think it 's time that we nailed a couple of lies that are being put about , about this union and other trade unions . |
| 15 | Over these erm past couple of weeks we 've been looking at er some of the questions in the New Testament , we thought a couple of weeks back of the question that Jesus asked his disciples , do you think I 'm able to do this and then last week we looked at a question that the disciples put to Jesus , that time when they came down from the mountain and they found the re , three of them came down with Jesus from the mountain of transfiguration and they found the other disciples with a man who and a , whose son was demon possessed and er they had been unable to help him and the man or brings his son to Jesus and Jesus delivers him and afterwards the disciples who had been so helpless put the question to Jesus , why could we not cast out this demon and this morning I 'd like us to look at another question , we 've got another one today and one God willing next week , er and the question is , is found in Luke chapter thirteen , let me just read a few verses , because of course it 's , it 's not just the questions , it 's the answers that are important as well in Luke chapter thirteen , gon na read from verse twenty two it says in Jesus was passing through from one city and village to another , teaching and proceeding on his way to Jerusalem now that gives us a clue in that , because Jesus only ever went to Jerusalem apart from when he was a boy , he only ever went to Jerusalem once and that , after since that time , and that was when he was crucified , so Jesus was now on his way to Jerusalem , it was the latter days , the latter weeks of the life of Jesus , he was making his way now to Jerusalem and someone said to him Lord are there just a few who are being saved and Jesus said to hi , to them , strive to enter by the narrow door for many I tell you will seek to enter and will not be able , once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open to us , then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you are from , then you will begin to say we ate and drank in your presence and you taught in our streets , and he will say I tell you I do not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers , there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there , when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the profits in the kingdom of God , but yourselves being cast out and they will come from East and West and from North and South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , and behold some ar some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last , so it 's just that question then , let's remind ourselves that is put to Jesus Lord are there just a few who are being saved |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | We took a couple of photos of him again today . |
| 18 | While on ‘ seawatch ’ , we saw a couple of large divers near the shore . |
| 19 | This time we looked a couple of yards short and won . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Live , we did a couple of things from ‘ Genesis To Revelation ’ and we did quite a lot of very gentle acoustic things which did n't last . |
| 21 | And er we did a couple of weeks erm teaching in schools and we helped run a erm a lunching club for old people . |
| 22 | Of course we went to a little market and naturally we bought a couple of plaited strings of garlic which will go mouldy before we 've finished them . |
| 23 | We had a couple of usherettes raped . |
| 24 | ‘ Two weeks ago we had a couple of so-called businessmen in the club , with their minder and the Roller parked down below . |
| 25 | We had a couple of bottles of champagne to greet the travellers , and Gabby and her husband came in to help us with them and we all toasted Nigel 's ‘ recovery ’ . |
| 26 | We had a couple of suspicious characters but their alibis are watertight . |
| 27 | Er what is anything is being done about supplying er inclement weather conditions such as the snow we had a couple of years ago . |
| 28 | Most people on a very windy day , and we had a couple you know in the winter there did n't we , and storms wind storms , and there are n't many people who say , you know in the middle of that storm , oh I feel quite comfortable , I 'm quite happy with this . |
| 29 | Adopting our ’ carping during the day only ’ policy we had a couple of good nights sleep until I was woken in the middle of the third night by Rick shouting , ’ Max ! |
| 30 | Afterwards we had a couple of gills in the Half Moon . |