Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [verb] a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | She 'd erm was erm getting a pie out the oven and cos some of the juice went on the floor , she wiped it up thinking she 'd wiped it up properly and she did n't , she slipped , she 's broken a couple of bones in her foot . |
2 | But er most of them , but she 's got a couple over here , I think . |
3 | She 's got a couple of chums who look like they can handle themselves in a scrap . |
4 | And and she 's got a couple of lady solicitors who come to her ! |
5 | My sister Ann she 's delivered a couple of children herself . |
6 | Nothing could wake her up when she 's had a couple of them . |
7 | But this is a plot development — the plot development — and , if it involves turning a couple of Aled Jones types into Oliver Reeds , why let logic get in the way ? |
8 | about three years and it has bled a couple of times . |
9 | He tries to do a couple of hours ’ work on his book before going to the college . |
10 | I 'm sorry about Antonio 's behaviour , but he 's always like this when he 's had a couple of drinks . ’ |
11 | If Gary 's so rich , who cares if he 's got a couple of million dollars " worth of heroin in the kitchen ? " |
12 | He 's got a couple of women with him . |
13 | I thought well he 's got a couple of kids so he could do with a little girl . |
14 | Say , he 's won a couple of hundred |