Example sentences of "only [vb pp] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although closely linked with the marathon racing side , he has only done a couple of races and his own paddling has mostly been recreational . |
| 2 | ‘ You like it so much you agreed to sail across the Mediterranean , with a man you 'd only met a couple of times , regardless of the fact that you did n't know one end of a boat from the other . ’ |
| 3 | Paige had rather liked her cousin 's husband , though they had only met a couple of times . |
| 4 | Very light surgery this morning : I have n't to be in Chollerton until two and I 've only got a couple of calls to make . |
| 5 | erm , wo n't you start again because you 'd only got a couple of minutes into it , had n't you ? |
| 6 | If you 've only got a couple of hours , best make the most of them . ’ |
| 7 | I 've only got a couple that I did last week . |
| 8 | I 've only got a couple of loaves . |
| 9 | Two of the Kamalians only needed a couple of metres of the wire to render him helpless and under continual self-torture . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've only had a couple of abusive ones , and a couple of nasty telephone calls . ’ |
| 11 | I 've only had a couple , I can drive . ’ |
| 12 | It 's so hard to work on full glow when you 've only had a couple of hours kip . |
| 13 | and then he had he 'd only had a couple I think before he went home but he does n't drink much see . |
| 14 | He 's sound as a pound is n't he like , he 's only had a couple of pints . |
| 15 | Obviously having only played a couple of gigs , including Radio City ( New York and appearing on The Grammy Awards , their inexperience showed . |
| 16 | He 'd only played a couple of games for 'em by then . |
| 17 | Only wanted a couple weeks . |
| 18 | There was no embassy in Naples but there was probably some consular representation although the War had only finished a couple of years before and not just Italy but the whole of Europe was hopelessly disorganised . |
| 19 | In my first week , I lost nearly a stone but since then I 've only lost a couple of pounds a week . |
| 20 | It must have only lasted a couple of minutes but believe me it felt like hours . |
| 21 | But er Berty said it would have only lasted a couple of weeks , cos Alec wo n't talk . |