21.   So he played a couple of songs, and James was very impressed.

22.   Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn play the couple this time around, in a film that never quite meshes her warmth and his technique.

23.   The actor and the golfer played a couple of rounds at Oakmont Golf Course in Glendale, Calif., and became friends.

24.   The two played a couple of rounds of golf together last winter and eventually got on the subject of fielding.

25.   They play a couple of very good games and then a bad one.

26.   They played a couple of First Nights in Boston to excited crowds.

27.   They had played a couple of nights before and were traveling.

28.   They play a couple of guys with nothing in common, whose misadventures lead them into trouble with some vengeful, professional crooks.

29.   We played a couple of teams we are supposed to beat.

30.   We just played a couple of years together to meet girls and drink some beer.