Example sentences of "[pers pn] have already [vb pp] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had already done a couple of jumpers for a largish lady , so I embarked on the back of the third . |
| 2 | I had already seen a couple of ringed seals , several eider duck , many Arctic terns and kittiwakes and a few scruffy immature glaucous gulls before I crept into my bunk to sleep . |
| 3 | It was a reasonably clear evening and since I had already had a couple of glasses of champagne I decided to cycle over to Sally 's flat in Fulham . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's not fair , ’ gasped Rachel , ‘ I 've already done a couple of laps ! ’ |
| 5 | I 've already had a couple of tentative enquiries . |
| 6 | I 've already had a couple of spats with them and they would n't pass up an opportunity like this to poke fun . |
| 7 | She 'd already blown a couple of splendid interview opportunities . |
| 8 | We 've already had a couple of plonkers sending us demonstration games from the Shoot-Em-Up Construction Kit , but luckily for them we spotted the offending articles ( not difficult ) . |
| 9 | Roirbak led the way to the laboratory annexe of the complex , where he 'd already prepared a couple of rooms for their research . |
| 10 | Which , I later discovered , was most forthcoming for George but he 'd already had a couple of orange squashes himself . |