Example sentences of "[pers pn] just [verb] a couple " in BNC.

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1 Well most of them they saying are six contracts , now they say , say , six month contract or eight month contract or a three month contract , but I just had a couple that were like oh they could be a
2 can I just make a couple of points .
3 I just take a couple of paracetamol .
4 I just have a couple of things to finish .
5 And I just have a couple of other things I want to say to you and then we can all go home .
6 no , no I 'm not that keen on it I just have a couple of biscuits and a cup of tea when I come home
7 I just did a couple of wild things for the videos : I covered myself with a hundred thousand bees for the Flight Of The Bumblebee and I also walked on hot coals ! ’
8 Can I just ask a couple of questions before we finalize before lunch .
9 You just drill a couple of holes in the back you need
10 Well at that time you did n't leave out money so you just left a couple of tokens tokens
11 If er if you were going out and you knew the coal man might be round that day so you just left a couple of coal tokens out at the door or whatever .
12 ‘ In terms of hardware , you just needed a couple of PCs and a good modem with ample error correction to use a standard telephone line , ’ said , a former director in a large Home Counties-based software company who last year gave up commuting weekly from his home in Drumnadrochit , near Inverness , to set up his own business , Software Technology , developing customised local networks software for the clients of large original equipment manufacturers .
13 After casting on and knitting a few rows , you just need a couple of minutes from time to time to go back to the machine and change the punchcard or pattern number .
14 You just need a couple of days off , ’ Adam soothed .
15 you just need a couple of days
16 But we did n't watch it we just saw a couple of bits .
17 Can we just spare a couple of minutes so we can get this straight , because I did rush through it , and it was , er , obviously wrong of me .
18 The 19-year-old insisted : ‘ We just need a couple of good wins to get us going . ’
19 Now we just have a couple of minor problems to start with .
20 The mowing used to take a week , now it just takes a couple of days .
21 I hope he just needs a couple of goals to help his confidence — or maybe we should n't use him just as an ariel target man 'cos when he gets the ball on the deck he looks okay ( if a bit Chapmanesque ) .
22 There 's John next door , he di , he just started a couple of weeks ago .
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