SIARAD - Davies1
Instances of couple

260SARos gaethen i coupleCE o shiftsCE yn G_ECE # basai hwnna (y)n # goodE .
  ifif.CONJ get.1S.CONDITunk PRON.1Sto.PREP couplecouple.N.SG ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP shiftsshift.SV.INFIN+PL inin.PREP G_Ename be.3S.CONDITbe.V.3S.PLUPERF thatthat.PRON.DEM.M.SG PRTPRT goodgood.ADJ
  if I got a couple of shifts at GE that would be good
543SARfi (we)di cael # coupleCE o nosweithi da yn LlaninaCE .
  PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM PRT.PASTafter.PREP get.NONFINget.V.INFIN couplecouple.N.SG ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP nightsunk goodbe.IM+SM inin.PREP Llaninaname
  I've had a couple of good nights in Llanina
726NONcoupleCE o ddrinksE ar_ôl practiceCE wedyn wastad <(gy)da ni> [?] .
  couplecouple.N.SG ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP drinksunk afterafter.PREP practicepractice.N.SG thenafterwards.ADV alwaysflat.ADJ+SM withwith.PREP PRON.1PLwe.PRON.1P
  we always had a few drinks after practice then
729SARna # byth coupleCE o drinksE ar_ôl practiceCE .
  nono.ADV nevernever.ADV couplecouple.N.SG ofhe.PRON.M.3S.[or].from.PREP.[or].of.PREP drinksdrink.V.3S.PRES afterafter.PREP practicepractice.N.SG
  no, never a couple of drinks after practice
942SARachos mae (we)di digwydd i fi coupleCE o weithiau pryd fi justCE fi hanner cysgu .
  becausebecause.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRT.PASTafter.PREP happen.NONFINhappen.V.INFIN toto.PREP PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM couplecouple.N.SG ofof.PREP timetimes.N.F.PL+SM timewhen.INT.[or].time.N.M.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM justjust.ADV PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM halfhalf.N.M.SG sleep.NONFINsleep.V.INFIN
  because it's happened to me a couple of times when I'm just half sleeping

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