Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I thought that 's two , erm and I a couple of quid did n't I , in the card , then I thought no I wo n't put it in the card I 'll |
| 2 | If he was given them tokens or something like that , it would of been alright , but I , I , I a couple of weeks ago |
| 3 | I 've met 'er a couple o' times . ’ |
| 4 | I could get ya a couple of rolls if you 're interested . ’ |
| 5 | She a couple of nights running then . |
| 6 | ‘ She 'll need a coat in winter , ’ she said , adding ‘ I 'll make you a couple . ’ |
| 7 | Listen , I ca n't stay for long , but I 've twisted Dmitri 's arm and he can find you a couple of tickets for Hedda ! |
| 8 | And he started playing through some of the songs from my club repertoire , answering my enquiring look with , ‘ I worked with you a couple of years back , in East Dean Working Men 's Club . ’ |
| 9 | You ask for one more thing and I 'll send you a couple of fingers — I 'll take a hammer and cold chisel to the little prick 's right hand . |
| 10 | They may cost you a couple of hundred quid , but they look as if your grandmother may have knitted them from one of her own patterns . |
| 11 | Let me ask you a couple of questions . |
| 12 | Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are |
| 13 | Just like to show you a couple of videos now . |
| 14 | ‘ I was in the estate office waiting for you a couple of weeks ago and this firm rang . |
| 15 | I can get you a couple of thousand , no trouble . |
| 16 | I might get you a couple of rooms — but then again , at some point I have to be in the rooms to do that . ’ |
| 17 | And , and whenever they knew you 've come would you , would you walk through and , and they used to for us every time an tha and that in those days they 'd give you a couple of bob which is , it was a fortune to me at that age . |
| 18 | I 've only ever seen you a couple of times , with your dad at matches . ’ |
| 19 | I think I wrote to you a couple of months ago asking if you could provide a synopsis of the latest information regarding otter movements in the lower Usk area and the likely impacts of the barrage . |
| 20 | ‘ But first I want to promise you a couple of things . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I took my friend from Olivera 's to lunch , which will cost you a couple of quid or a night out at the weekend . |
| 22 | The promise and the fulfilment , let me just give you a couple of verses there in John fourteen , John make er , Jesus he makes this statement to his disciples , in John fourteen , in verses sixteen and seventeen , and I will ask the Father and he will give you another helper , another word for the Holy Spirit , that he may be with you forever . |
| 23 | I 'm just going to give you a couple of things that you can use for each of these phases , and when you get used to them , you can really spread out and do all sorts of other exciting things . |
| 24 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 25 | Also the same if you 're playing football with Jim on Thursday you could also just mention to , I 'll leave you a couple of these er these leaflets which do explain a lot of the areas we 've covered tonight , erm perhaps you could give one to Peter or |
| 26 | ‘ Well , since you ask so nicely , I suppose I can spare you a couple of moments , ’ she said , with a touch of her old wry humour . |
| 27 | oh it 's alright I 'll give you a couple of hundred quid for it but , you know , it 's all , it 's all |
| 28 | Let me read you a couple of paragraphs from er , an essay on the new Gothic in Jane Eyre , by erm , and American critic called Robert Harman . |
| 29 | Well I 'm very interested in what you say er could you , could I ask you a couple of questions . |
| 30 | Oh we can always lend you a couple of ten pences . |