Example sentences of "he have [vb pp] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | After he 'd played a couple of tunes , the organ grinder took off his old frayed cap and handed it round the crowd that had gathered . |
| 2 | He 'd done a couple of circuits before they stopped . |
| 3 | Within three and a half seconds he 'd made a couple of marks on the paper and shoved it back . |
| 4 | ‘ Better ? ’ she said when he 'd taken a couple of swallows , and he managed to nod again . |
| 5 | Up to the fifth floor , then walk down to the third , where he 'd taken a couple of rooms . |
| 6 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 7 | He 'd had a couple of sessions with his union rep and had been told not to worry , it was just a way of filling some quota ; if anything , his job was probably more secure now than it had been before . |
| 8 | He had phoned a couple of times but she had been out . |
| 9 | Cool and straight-batted , he had survived a couple of early shaves as Waqar and Akram almost found his stumps off the inside edge , and at 58 , right after lunch . |
| 10 | He had taken a couple of square inches of rock cocaine from wherever he had hidden his supply and was chopping it with his knife on to Trent 's shaving mirror . |
| 11 | He had taken a couple of tablets of synthesized dope . |
| 12 | He had spent a couple of minutes chatting to a slightly wary Tom Cotter , the Station Master , before starting the two mile walk home to Ham . |
| 13 | His ship had been in Japan just after the surrender and he had enjoyed a couple of visits to the bath houses in Yokohama A part of the treatment there had included an exhilarating massage carried out by a young girl who , by standing on his inert naked body , and by using her body weight as a substitute for arm muscle , had given him an unforgettable massage with her bare feet . |
| 14 | I 'm sorry about Antonio 's behaviour , but he 's always like this when he 's had a couple of drinks . ’ |
| 15 | If Gary 's so rich , who cares if he 's got a couple of million dollars " worth of heroin in the kitchen ? " |
| 16 | He 's got a couple of women with him . |
| 17 | I thought well he 's got a couple of kids so he could do with a little girl . |
| 18 | Say , he 's won a couple of hundred |