Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 2 | If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em . |
| 3 | I 'd seen a couple of caesarian sections , but I 'd never done one or been shown how . |
| 4 | Says Lt Watts , a Northern Ireland veteran : ‘ Before Bosnia I 'd seen a couple of bodies in road accidents but that was just it . |
| 5 | I 'd noticed a couple of characters in different bars who also seemed more interested in the people than the liquor , and it did n't need any Sherlock Holmes to know who was paying for their drinks . |
| 6 | Supposing , when Rozanov and I visited the porno bookshop , I said I 'd bought a couple of hardcore videos , hired a video recorder at the hotel , and spent two afternoons watching porn in my room . |
| 7 | In fact I 'd told a couple of the group — Mr and Mrs Kronquist , I think it was — that I was going up to Summertown . ’ |
| 8 | I 'd left a couple of rings on which were really hard to get off . |
| 9 | I 'd had a couple of drinks , lapped up some fast food , and jumped into a cab . |
| 10 | When I had first arrived I had seen a couple of press people milling around , but now there seemed to be a whole platoon of them , cameras at the ready . |
| 11 | Well if you sort of leave him out of a conversation , he goes a bit funny , he storms off , I think I had noticed a couple of times that he has , and you see what happens is he sits there |
| 12 | I had met a couple of girls on the beach at Pipeline . |
| 13 | I had taken a couple of slices of bread up the tree with me , with the intention of feeding small pieces of pinched flake into their midst to see if they would accept them . |
| 14 | I 've run a couple of times . |
| 15 | Any way I 've sent a couple of mailings since no problems . |
| 16 | Apart from the tarpaulin and the mattresses , I 've lost a couple of sleeping bags , some tracksuit bottoms and some trainers . |
| 17 | And er because Phil was here Oliver went to bed about ten so he woke up about ten And I 've swallowed a couple of pills and feel fine . |
| 18 | The TV is on , the sound is low , it 's some not-half-cheeky detective rubbish starring George Segal that I 've seen a couple of times before , just the way I like it . |
| 19 | Are we supposed to be using the pre-course questionnaires that I 've seen a couple of times , on all course ? |
| 20 | Everybody makes a big deal out of it now , because I 've done a couple of albums and you do all these guest sessions and stuff and it 's like ‘ Wow , he plays bass . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've done a couple of Hermia , in fact several , ’ she shoved the book at Ricky . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've done a couple of shows . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've heard a couple of so-called radical journalists are sniffing around , pushed on by Christine Mills . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've won a couple of Sheffield and District Alliances , but this is a bit bigger than that … ‘ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's a time-consuming but very satisfying pastime and I 've won a couple of rally trophies which have added to the pleasure , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I 've had a couple of nice chats with the people at GMTV , but I told them I was n't in a hurry to decide what I would do next and frankly I do n't envy the people who are going straight on to another show . ’ |
| 27 | I 've had a couple of stormy sessions with the old rascal trying to keep him on the beam . ’ |
| 28 | I have to confess that on that , in so far as those that I 've attended , and I 've had a couple in my area I have to confess my surprise at the efficiency of them ! |
| 29 | Although she no longer performs , except as a lecturer ( she is professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina ) , she still likes to sing , ‘ When I 've had a couple of glasses ! ’ |
| 30 | I 've had a couple of letters asking me whether I ever managed to give up smoking as I promised a few months ago . |