Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you mind that anyway , cos I may have a couple of people er that may want a few of them to , spoken to Dav , David , he 's got one or two as well . |
| 2 | I must bring them , I must bring a couple |
| 3 | I should take a couple with you out of your box and erm , just take those ones . |
| 4 | I might buy a couple more odds from Marks . |
| 5 | so I might have a couple of days off and then I can be with Laddie and take him for walks and everything |
| 6 | Then I might get a couple of little soaps or something . |
| 7 | Okay let's have a look at that I 'll tell what we 'll do I 'll I 'll suggest a couple of exercises in that for you to work through . |
| 8 | ‘ No , I 'll send a couple of my blokes , as soon as I can . |
| 9 | Listen , you sit down , I 'll get a couple of coffees and we 'll have a chat , OK ? ’ |
| 10 | I think I 'll get a couple of hours ’ sleep . ’ |
| 11 | Right , I 'll get a couple and we 'll have them with mashed cream potatoes . |
| 12 | I 'll get a couple . |
| 13 | If it 'll make you happy , I 'll take a couple of WAAFs out … officers . ’ |
| 14 | I 'll take I 'll take a couple for the moment . |
| 15 | And then I 'll go up the shop and get some , I 'll need a couple of boxes . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage , then I 'll join you . |
| 17 | Reflecting on the way ahead he said : ‘ I 'll have a couple of low-key junior games with North and see how it goes . |
| 18 | So I said I 'll have a couple of th they I said . |
| 19 | I got a chicken from there other day , I went for a joint of pork I thought oh I 'll have a couple of them joints , fetch a couple back and er I says it 's not Christmas now you know . |
| 20 | I 'll buy a couple . |
| 21 | No , the ones at the front of the store were for seventy P and they were marked firmed tomatoes , the others at the back were sixty P and they did n't say firm on them so I thought well , firm probably means hard , I 'll get the , get the others , so I 'll skinned a couple of them for tea |
| 22 | I 'll install a couple who will keep an eye on her and take care of the grounds . ’ |
| 23 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 24 | I could do a couple of tapes worth of slang words that they 've never heard of before . |
| 25 | The following morning I worked as usual and then asked Kathleen if I could have a couple of days off . |
| 26 | ‘ I could have a couple of hours free tomorrow . |
| 27 | I could put a couple of these in ! |
| 28 | ‘ I could ring a couple of people , or go and see them , about trying to find you-know-who , but … ’ |
| 29 | I could get a couple . |
| 30 | When I moved to secondary school , the PE master used to encourage me in my running and , when he saw I had some potential , he took me down the North London AC and made me a member there so I could train a couple of times a week . |