Example sentences of "have a couple of " in BNC.
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1 | But then they fly off to Stockholm and have a couple of drinks . |
2 | Given that most visitors only have a couple of weeks , it is necessary to arrive with some sort of plan . |
3 | ‘ Look , why do n't you go down to the bar and have a couple of drinks ? ’ |
4 | The Nature Conservatory Council , who thankfully own Creag Meagaidh , have a couple of suggestions , including it being a monument to a lost lover or an old protection for a rowan tree . |
5 | Nevertheless , we have learnt several useful lessons and we have a couple of expert systems still in regular use , another trial in progress and several more ideas ready to go should funding become available . |
6 | ‘ I have a couple of things to do . ’ |
7 | One woman whose mother was coming to live with her and her husband solved her problem by saying quite firmly beforehand , ‘ Now Tom and I like to eat supper alone and have a couple of hours ’ quiet talk together in the evening before we settle down to watch television , Mother . |
8 | I have a ‘ 58 and a ‘ 63 , plus I also have a couple of ‘ 65s . |
9 | England are in a position where they have a couple of good players at No 10 , ’ Barnes said . |
10 | And the burning question : did he and the other comedians have a couple of drinks or healthy snorts before the shows ? |
11 | ‘ We have a couple of injuries from this game but there were also a few bruised egos and broken hearts . |
12 | While I 'm writing , I have a couple of tips for intarsia knitters . |
13 | But you do n't play over 500 games with three big clubs , have a couple of big moves and become a bad player overnight . |
14 | ‘ With everything that has happened over the last couple of years , I just want to stand back a bit and have a couple of weeks to think about it ’ , he said , before later confirming his desire to lead a new-look Scotland in 1992 . |
15 | But I have a couple of scenes in which a black man has a gun in his hand , and if a black man wields a gun , automatically people wan na start arresting folks . |
16 | I have a couple of times , like when one of me friends brought some home on a ship from Thailand or somewhere . |
17 | And of course when you was er was n't on guard duty at the f early evening , course there used to be used to pop into the Peel and have a couple of halves or some would have a pint and there was a chap in , in the Home , Home Guard he , he used to be able to play the piano so we used to have a singsong in there for a social , you know . |
18 | But even he needs help , for it is not easy to grab an insect or pluck a dangling fruit if you have a couple of half-grown babies on your back . |
19 | She hurried on , ‘ So I have a couple of hours to myself . ’ |
20 | I 'm discreetly handcuffed to Detective Sergeant Flavell — McDunn has the key — and we have a couple of burly plain-clothes men with us I strongly suspect are tooled up , but the pressure seems to be off me a bit . |
21 | During week-ends I have two part-time helpers and I also have a couple of part-time helpers from time to time . |
22 | ‘ I just have a couple of things to finish . |
23 | ‘ That 's very good , Belinda , ’ Tom Russell answered mildly , ‘ but I have a couple of other matters to discuss with him , concerning another diabetic patient . |
24 | ‘ I believe I have a couple of guards outside — ’ |
25 | Trinity Square still proving to be very busy so expect a few minutes wait if you want to get yourself parked in there and have a couple of minutes wait if you want to get into the Victoria Centre that 's at the York Street entrance . |
26 | Afternoon Special this afternoon we have a couple of interesting guests to meet George Hamilton the fourth will be with us he 's involved in the tribute to Patsie Clyne Show and Esther Rantzen who 's here for the Child Line campaign . |
27 | ‘ 1 have a couple of extra shirts , ’ I said . |
28 | I do n't think it should become too academic , it should be whatever people want at the grassroots level , we have a couple of thousand years of patriarchy behind us and we 're not going to change things overnight . |
29 | We all have a couple of dozen tutees — surely you 're not planning to interrogate every one of Puddephat 's ? ’ |
30 | I have a couple of mates who are Forest fans , and I got them tickets for the first game of the season . |