Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Murray was doubtful as to whether this would be enough ; but Heiton declared that he could send a couple of men into the Roxburgh township , to the alehouses and howffs , to spread the word that the Regent himself was in the vicinity . |
| 2 | He could get a couple of hamburgers and a glass of beer at the airport , then catch the evening flight to Brussels . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He 'd put a couple of maggots on a small hook . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Oh take it off and he would stick a couple of nails in . |
| 10 | Well before the evening really got under way , he would have a couple of hundred roubles in his pocket , to be converted into a night of vodka-drinking and celebration . |
| 11 | He 's very good and he 'll probably do it for nothing if he can get a couple of hours off . ’ |