Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [verb] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cover and simmer until the berries have ‘ popped ’ and are reduced to a juicy pulp — you may need to add a couple of tablespoons of water . |
| 2 | I should like to make a couple of points about the Bill 's two substantive provisions before turning to its hidden agenda . |
| 3 | I know you do n't much like them , that I should have asked a couple of the hospital people as well as people who share my interests — ’ |
| 4 | It must have taken a couple of hours or more to reach the machan , a platform raised on poles . |
| 5 | er one thing or another , I must have spent a couple of thousand pounds on these photos . |
| 6 | For a really good view of it you 'll need to go a couple of miles to the north . |
| 7 | ‘ You 'll need to take a couple of drivers with you . |
| 8 | So yeah we all thought , we 'll work to rule a couple of weeks , things 'll get sorted and we 'll all be back to normal . |
| 9 | I 'll have skinned a couple of them |
| 10 | We 'll have to take a couple of gifts up for them . |
| 11 | We had an officer here wanting you to make a statement , but he 'll have to wait a couple of days . |
| 12 | you 'll have to have a couple of washers |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll try spending a couple of hours together . |
| 14 | And who , you might have asked a couple of days ago , is Whacker Eunice ? |
| 15 | And after he 'd gone , and Isobel had returned to the newsroom to file all the dead stories and check the agency printers for the next hour 's updates ready to hand over to Jim , the late-shift newsreader , it briefly crossed her mind that maybe , just maybe , a rising star of journalism with her eye on the national media might have asked a couple of more searching questions . |
| 16 | Erm I I am surprised well I do n't I 'm not surprised really they 're probably busy doing things but I thought we might have got a couple of vicars on this er this afternoon to talk about it . |
| 17 | Crewe might have had a couple more . |
| 18 | ‘ And I 've always wanted to do a kiddies ’ series like Sesame Street , ’ he was saying ‘ but of course I 'd want to eat a couple of the little bastards afterwards , if that would be OK with you . ’ |
| 19 | Five frilly nightdresses straight from mail-order , their labels still attached — I 'd 've nicked a couple only I did n't know what disease they might be carrying . |
| 20 | I 'd like to spend a couple of winters in sports PR and marketing , while my name is still on people 's minds before I retire . |
| 21 | The mover has covered the motion extensively , but I 'd like to add a couple of more points . |
| 22 | and sods and I , I , I 'd like to buy a couple of lighting effects , but I mean |
| 23 | Erm , th I 'd like to make a couple of points about traditions , women 's traditions , one is particularly looking at th the oral tradition o , the tradition of poetry in Scotland , and there 's a very rich tradition of Gaelic poetry , and ballad singing , as |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd like to make a couple of calls . ’ |
| 25 | In respect of these erm motions , I 'd like to make a couple of points on each one . |
| 26 | Howells left his station to score the first after 67 minutes , and by the time Teddy Sheringham had tucked away a second from the penalty spot — earned by the sheer stamina of Durie — Spurs could have had a couple more . |
| 27 | I could have won a couple of the frames but he just played too well for me . |
| 28 | You 'd have to dig a couple of holes and you 'd have to concrete the bugger in |
| 29 | I should n't think you could afford to take a couple of days off at such short notice . |
| 30 | ‘ Boro may have lost a couple of home games , but we always seem to be the whipping boys who allow teams to regain their form . ’ |