Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er Chairman , yes , if I may just make a couple of , of , of , of , of , comments on , on , on the report side , I , I very much welcome the report back which I think has clarified a number of areas in the inspector 's report and what the services are actually , actually are doing about this one , I think er overall it 's er it , it , it 's , it 's very , it 's very er it 's very er very useful to see er what has been done erm I , I , I , I , I 've been assured by the Chief Officer er on item , item er , item three one at the top of page two , that the operational plans being devolved to individual sch will not apply to operational activity , they will be er to separate activity within the s er sch station , erm I did raise that because I was concerned about one station saying yes we will attend the fire and another one saying we wo n't , which obviously is not appropriate er but with that caveat I , I , I , very much welcome the report , I would like to move the proposals sch standing in , in , in , in , in my name that we commend the report as well as er er what 's on the officer 's erm er , er , er recomen er the re the recommended er resolution and that we send a copy of that , this |
| 2 | I think I might just get a couple of nice hankies to go with them . |
| 3 | I might even get a couple of hours sleep before we reach London . |
| 4 | Well I 'll just have a I 'll just have a couple of erm lamb sandwiches . |
| 5 | They are erm it was er steak and kidney pie , brussels sprouts , carrots and bo plain boiled potatoes I could only eat about half the kidney and meat , I cou I could only eat about a third of the pastry , could n't cope with the carrots at all or the brussel sprouts , they were beautiful brussel sprouts like little cabbages , you know I could only eat a couple of them ! |
| 6 | I 'd rather have a couple hours |
| 7 | I 'd just get a couple of bags for a Saturday night or whatever and then eventually I just got into it deeper and deeper . |
| 8 | But if I can just quote a couple of cases . |
| 9 | Well I can still get a couple of Christmas presents with that anyway so it does n't matter . |
| 10 | If you are heavily laden with treasure you might only manage a couple of swings of the sword before you have to rest , during which time your opponent can batter away at you ! ) |
| 11 | After you have finally dropped off , sometime after three a.m. , you can generally snatch a couple of hours ’ sleep before the next round of jollities begins soon after dawn . |
| 12 | If you look very carefully you can just see a couple of little green shoots starting to come . |
| 13 | and there 's not any reason why once your in you canne put another couple of lines in , and you can even put a couple of lines in on a different number if you want |
| 14 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 15 | After a moment 's reflection , however , Jonadab went on , ‘ They 'll never miss a couple o' pairs . |
| 16 | Anyway , they 'd never bother a couple ’ |
| 17 | Uk Brother owners please note — the next time you phone Manchester , be thankful that there is someone to answer your problem , even if it may occasionally take a couple of days when all the staff are at a show . |
| 18 | Well it might just take a couple of hours to print out a complete set of statements for two hundred customers . |
| 19 | It 'll only take a couple of minutes — what I 've got to say . ’ |
| 20 | But it 'll only take a couple of days . ’ |
| 21 | For example , where the accountant currently test checks 20 client files , he might now include a couple of controlled trusts . |
| 22 | ‘ Completing your dog-training course could take a couple of months but it could also take a couple of years because of the waiting period . ’ |
| 23 | But he was an awkward man in conversation , he could only string a couple of pithy sentences together , or a witty epigram . |
| 24 | I thought it would only take a couple of days to clear up , but it was to take quite a lot longer . |
| 25 | It would only take a couple of houses to be knocked down and they could make it into a dual carriage way . |