Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [art] couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might get you a couple of rooms — but then again , at some point I have to be in the rooms to do that . ’ |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | ‘ She 'll need a coat in winter , ’ she said , adding ‘ I 'll make you a couple . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | oh it 's alright I 'll give you a couple of hundred quid for it but , you know , it 's all , it 's all |
| 6 | And erm I said take Kirsty 's sleeping bag and call in here for a sleeping bag and I 'll give you a couple of blankets to go with it . |
| 7 | in the ground , I 'll save you a couple if you like , you can plant two by yourself . |
| 8 | I could get ya a couple of rolls if you 're interested . ’ |
| 9 | I said I 'd read you a couple of stories . |
| 10 | First of all you need to know that the legislation says that , you need to know the current practice is that , and I can tell you a couple of funny stories about what happened to Mrs Ingalls down the street . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | I can give you a couple examples of the more tangible advantages with reference to schemes which are administered by the erm Science and Engineering Research Council . |
| 13 | I can get you a couple of thousand , no trouble . |
| 14 | If I ask Shirley nicely she might lend me a couple . |
| 15 | Erm and when she was talking to me about different people , I 'd never know who they was , because I was never I was never that interested in Bay to er to find out who they was or to remember she 'd point out somebody and say that 's so and so and then when she 'd mention him a couple of days later I 'd go , Who 's that ? |
| 16 | Mind you , you would n't mind , you 'd give him a couple like , if you |
| 17 | And then you can bring yourself a couple of pizzas in . |
| 18 | Er we 'll buy them a couple of towels or something . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We 've been told if we go over the two pound , they wo n't sell , sell so well , erm , so really I 'm not too sure , but er , I , I can work on bigger , er , like I got this couple of days off living Manchester , I 'm sure if I approach erm , you know , the police , they might give me a couple of days selling out there . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It 'll take us a couple of hours to reach them , and at least twice as long on the return , plus whatever time we have to spend getting the patient stable enough to move . |
| 23 | Oh it 'll take us a couple of minutes ! |
| 24 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |
| 25 | ‘ It will take me a couple of days before I can get organised , ’ he said . |
| 26 | 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 ! |