Example sentences of "couple of [noun] [conj] he " in BNC.

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1 But we missed a couple of fairways and he was n't strong enough to hit far out of that heavy rough .
2 I got him a couple of times but he was one of the best I ever bowled to .
3 I mean there 's been a couple of times that he 's really lost his temper with her and erm and , and really flown off the handle , badly .
4 Well if you sort of leave him out of a conversation , he goes a bit funny , he storms off , I think I had noticed a couple of times that he has , and you see what happens is he sits there
5 I got up to him a couple of times once he only
6 He 's called the house a couple of times and he says he 's coming this way .
7 Brian is , because we 've been out a couple of times and he does , I mean if we go out he 'll smoke then and then he just normally stops .
8 It was not easy to forecast during his first couple of hours that he would be Man of the Match which ultimately was well-deserved .
9 Chapman had a couple of chances but he could n't convert either .
10 He has bought himself a couple of Hunters and he plans to do some show jumping of all things .
11 He then ran off towards the Alexander yacht club and is thought to have smashed a couple of windows as he made off .
12 Erm I , I suppose it 'll be a couple of years before he does that but
13 During the last couple of months that he holds that office , he will be judged harshly on what he does .
14 It was a couple of months before he felt in Daisy 's way .
15 And why had Puddephat 's wife suddenly borrowed the keys to the flat in rue Roland only a couple of months before he was murdered there ?
16 I 've asked him to do a bloody couple of jobs and he has n't done 'em yet
17 Er , he was a lecturer , and er er a couple of fags and he was a couple of cigarettes and he was he wa he wa he was er quite well quite well er r rewarded .
18 Er , he was a lecturer , and er er a couple of fags and he was a couple of cigarettes and he was he wa he wa he was er quite well quite well er r rewarded .
19 Her eyes only focused on the sergeant a couple of seconds after he posed the question .
20 ‘ I think he will win , but it has only been when he has had the sun on his back in the last couple of days that he has really come on . ’
21 Could n't they have waited just another couple of weeks until he had officially retired at the end of the month ?
22 So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know .
23 Said Graham : ‘ He 'll get the weight off in a couple of weeks because he 's working hard in training and then he 'll be back in the side . ’
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