Example sentences of "i [modal v] [adv] [verb] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this |
| 2 | I think I might just get a couple of nice hankies to go with them . |
| 3 | I might even get a couple of hours sleep before we reach London . |
| 4 | Well I 'll just have a I 'll just have a couple of erm lamb sandwiches . |
| 5 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 6 | I 'd rather have a couple hours |
| 7 | I 'd just get a couple of bags for a Saturday night or whatever and then eventually I just got into it deeper and deeper . |
| 8 | I would n't mind a couple ! |
| 9 | But if I can just quote a couple of cases . |
| 10 | Well I can still get a couple of Christmas presents with that anyway so it does n't matter . |