Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'd [verb] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still had time to kill , so I thought I 'd make a couple of ‘ phone calls and that meant employing the Middleditch gambit . |
| 2 | So if I take one down today no I 'd need a couple would n't I ? |
| 3 | After that I 'd spend a couple of hours on the script . |
| 4 | They were as relaxed as you 'd expect a couple of dogs to be in the midday sun in the West Indies and clearly had life exactly as they wanted it . |
| 5 | Heating the water , well it heated if you 'd the fire on it heated the water and then you 'd take a couple of buckets out into the bath , plug a couple of buckets in . |
| 6 | They used to , cos they 'd put a couple in the old anchor boat what we were n't using it , put a couple in there and they 'd tow 'em up to the dock . |
| 7 | He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year . |
| 8 | He 'd put a couple of cattle on this owd cart ; and I was a-pulling on 'em up , helping his horse , a-tracing on him . |
| 9 | He 'd put a couple of maggots on a small hook . |
| 10 | it was nothing for you to have the er sole of your sh shoe flapping off and having to wear 'em till the p there was a little man that used to mend the shoes in Hirael there and you 'd go to him and he 'd put a couple of nails , never charge you for it you know . |
| 11 | He 'd play a couple of quiet rounds and then when it got hectic and everyone else wanted to be playing , he 'd stay away from the course and just hit a few balls in practice . |
| 12 | He 'd go to football training , he was into physique , and he 'd have a couple of pints after , and at first he went out Fridays and Sundays . |