Example sentences of "couple of [noun pl] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each of these sections end with a couple of sentences which sum up the consequences of Pip 's attitudes to life in that particular section . |
| 2 | I 'd like to talk to you about a couple of perigrines you 've sold . |
| 3 | After a couple of glasses I think you 'll be ready for round two . ’ |
| 4 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |
| 5 | And er he would n't tell me what the message was you see , he would just say , Well go across to the other yard and shunt out a couple of coaches you see . |
| 6 | It recommended doing away with juries in complicated fraud cases and using a special tribunal of a judge and a couple of chaps who understand what 's going on in court . |
| 7 | Well that 's what I said to him , why not yours he only just cut it , that couple of grandsons they 've all done it all up |
| 8 | We 've still got er er a couple of calls I think to come before the end of er this morning 's programme on the subject of erm , I do n't know whether it 's life imprisonment or er on er on divorce . |
| 9 | ‘ In the last couple of games we have struggled to give them enough ball . |
| 10 | In all this , there are perhaps a couple of things which look plausible when we compare the philosopher 's child with our mental picture ; Aristotle 's observation that children are immature and Mill 's suggestion that they might need protection . |
| 11 | ‘ There are a couple of things I need to put straight between us . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Ari there are a couple of things I think we should talk about , ’ Leila said , settling down on the cushions beside the girl . |
| 13 | There are a couple of things I want to do before it reaches us . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But there are a couple of things I want to ask you . ’ |
| 15 | Just a couple of things I want to check out . |
| 16 | Cos then i I mean a couple of times I 've , like I would n't |
| 17 | Oh , I , well I never like so , even now I 'm paranoid about it , its like a couple of times I do n't know how I slept a wink , and these people are the people I trust because you do n't want I know they wo n't do it on purpose , but I know , have seen what I 'm |
| 18 | She 's got a couple of chums who look like they can handle themselves in a scrap . |
| 19 | G. visits a couple of pollutions which have been giving trouble in the last week or two . |
| 20 | That much sooner and in the last hour , couple of hours we 've seen what I would call a Tweedledee and Tweedledum amendments erm because quite frankly there is n't that much difference between them er at the end of the day the impact on the people who 've had to pay the bill is virtually the same . |
| 21 | What about the last we did yesterday actually designers and training , it 's quite a , it 's quite a struggle that had a long day , been sitting here for a couple of hours I du n no it seems longer and there you are and you 're actually struggling |
| 22 | ‘ For a couple of hours I feel like a man again , ’ said one . |
| 23 | You know , they wan na not for that , that you know , a couple of hours you keep a kid amused by well a |
| 24 | Well I knew , when I was in , when we were at Donnington , living at Donnington , a couple of blokes I 've known there 's company sergeant majors and regimental sergeant majors in the Signals , I was walking through shed four , one day , I was doing , doing some mucking about with these folding boats for the RE 's |
| 25 | And there 's a couple of blokes I need to talk to , old mates who I can trust for a good turn , if and when I hear that you need it . |
| 26 | The crew have got a couple of machines which churn everything up to make white water and the chippie ran up some rocks which they anchor to the bottom of the river and look just like the real thing . |
| 27 | Having a factory bike can put a lot of pressure on you but when after just a couple of races you discover you can compete at the highest level , everything gets easier . |
| 28 | There 's a couple of friends I know who might be able to give me a bed for the night . |
| 29 | Going back a couple of generations we find that our buying and selling prices of Rodin , Bourdelle , Maillol and their period depend precisely on subject and availability . |
| 30 | To help us get our bearings there are three pages of typewritten text and a couple of maps which show that Kashgar is surrounded by China , Tibet , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan and Russia . |