He asked a couple of questions, then sat still for several minutes.

But you need to answer a couple of questions first.

Following on from this question could someone answer me a couple of questions?

At this point, you've only come in and asked a couple of questions.

Just a couple of questions and then I'm on my way.

The doctor's going to ask you a couple of questions.

"Your father said we could ask you a couple of questions."

In a moment we'll take a couple of questions from the audience.

They would have asked more than a couple of questions.

"Why don't I just ask a couple of questions to get things started?"