Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [art] couple " in BNC.

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1 Now , erm , should buy a couple more of them if you see them .
2 I must bring them , I must bring a couple
3 Here a spacing of 4m to 6m is advisable and , contrary to normal practice , each member should carry a couple of loose coils in the hand which can be cast away in the event of seeing a slip .
4 Before Spacelab enters orbit , the European Space Agency must launch a couple of other bits of hardware .
5 I should take a couple with you out of your box and erm , just take those ones .
6 It should loosen a couple of teeth — and it feels like I have one stuck in the middle of my forehead .
7 Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’
8 I 've got to go to the loo in a minute anyway after I steal one of your cigarettes , notice the word cigarettes instead of the word fags oh I do n't know , I think I 'll go and sell my body , might make a couple of quid and leg it down the
9 I might buy a couple more odds from Marks .
10 I 'll install a couple who will keep an eye on her and take care of the grounds . ’
11 I 'll buy a couple .
12 No do a couple please if you do n't mind , because you might need a couple spare
13 We 'll need a couple of weeks to settle in before she comes .
14 Judith Hurwitz , now head of the Hurwitz Consulting Group , says the whole tone of SCO Forum was different this year and obviously indicates they are jockeying to go public — even though they 'll need a couple more quarters at least to get the kind of track record they need to do it .
15 We 'll need a couple of hours at least . ’
16 " You 'll need a couple of men on the grounds .
17 Er depending on how today 's discussions go we 'll need a couple of erm references on er
18 And then I 'll go up the shop and get some , I 'll need a couple of boxes .
19 Okay , first thing we 've got to derive , we 'll do a couple of examples , let's have an employed client , and self employed , because when we start from differs , depending on whether employed or self- employed .
20 We 'll collect a couple here and now …
21 ‘ No , I 'll send a couple of my blokes , as soon as I can .
22 And he said no , we 'll send a couple of planes .
23 Okay let's have a look at that I 'll tell what we 'll do I 'll I 'll suggest a couple of exercises in that for you to work through .
24 ‘ I 'll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage , then I 'll join you .
25 Reflecting on the way ahead he said : ‘ I 'll have a couple of low-key junior games with North and see how it goes .
26 So I said I 'll have a couple of th they I said .
27 I got a chicken from there other day , I went for a joint of pork I thought oh I 'll have a couple of them joints , fetch a couple back and er I says it 's not Christmas now you know .
28 And then erm they 'll have a couple of hours or an hour break there probably and then erm
29 Right I 'll get us some fags , we 'll have a couple of cakes .
30 So we 'll have a couple of drinks and that 's it for tonight .
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