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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.	I almost called you a couple of times. Tony called, a couple of times. I guess her niece called a couple of times. Didn't hear anything from her. I called a couple times now About the fargo syndicate massacre. They've called P.D. a couple times to break up fights. He's called a couple of times to say he was crashing with a friend. He called me a couple times, but problem is, it came up as caller ID blocked, so I can't just hit return. I called her a couple of times yesterday, I called her three times today, she still hasn't called back.

called you couple of times

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called you a couple of times

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It doesn't look like this phrase is very popular! The search could not find any examples on the internet.

I almost called you a couple of times.
Tony called, a couple of times.
I guess her niece called a couple of times. Didn't hear anything from her.
I called a couple times now About the fargo syndicate massacre.
They've called P.D. a couple times to break up fights.
He's called a couple of times to say he was crashing with a friend.
He called me a couple times, but problem is, it came up as caller ID blocked, so I can't just hit return.
I called her a couple of times yesterday, I called her three times today, she still hasn't called back.