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
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