Example sentences of "[pers pn] have only [vb pp] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my first week , I lost nearly a stone but since then I 've only lost a couple of pounds a week . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 've only got a couple that I did last week . |
| 4 | I 've only got a couple of loaves . |
| 5 | I 've only had a couple , I can drive . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | erm , wo n't you start again because you 'd only got a couple of minutes into it , had n't you ? |
| 8 | It 's so hard to work on full glow when you 've only had a couple of hours kip . |
| 9 | If you 've only got a couple of hours , best make the most of them . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We 've only had a couple of abusive ones , and a couple of nasty telephone calls . ’ |
| 11 | Paige had rather liked her cousin 's husband , though they had only met a couple of times . |
| 12 | Although closely linked with the marathon racing side , he has only done a couple of races and his own paddling has mostly been recreational . |
| 13 | He 'd only played a couple of games for 'em by then . |
| 14 | He 's sound as a pound is n't he like , he 's only had a couple of pints . |