1.   I learned that the hard way, by losing a couple of first drafts of articles I was writing.

2.   And say you lose a couple of games in the Big East but still finish second to Miami, which is ineligible.

3.   Boston sports lost a couple of class acts, and we are poorer for that.

4.   But some candidates who lose a couple of times ought to take a hint and pack in any hope of a career in Congress.

5.   But they have only lost a couple of percent more in this sell-off period.

6.   En route, they lost a couple of quality pitchers.

7.   Even the Chicago Bulls lost a couple of games.

8.   He also lost a couple of teeth when he was jumped by a couple of drunks in downtown Fort Myers.

9.   He lost another couple of horses to broken legs.

10.   He had already lost a couple of friends to AIDS, including a former boyfriend.