SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] [adv] for a couple of	61
2	[be] [adv] for a couple of	21
3	be [adv] for a couple of	21
4	[noun] [adv] for a couple of	19
5	[pron] [adv] for a couple of	14
6	[pers pn] [adv] for a couple of	13
7	[noun sg] [adv] for a couple of	12
8	[vb base] [adv] for a couple of	12
9	[v-ing] [adv] for a couple of	12
10	[adv] [adv] for a couple of	11
11	[to-vb] [adv] for a couple of	11
12	go [adv] for a couple of	11
13	[vb past] [adv] for a couple of	9
14	[adv] [adv] for a couple of	8
15	[vb infin] [adv] for a couple of	8
16	been [adv] for a couple of	7
17	it [adv] for a couple of	7
18	it [adv] for a couple of	7
19	[been] [adv] for a couple of	7
20	[vb pp] [adv] for a couple of	7
21	live [adv] for a couple of	6
22	[conj] [adv] for a couple of	5
23	come [adv] for a couple of	5
24	[coord] [adv] for a couple of	5
25	[is] [adv] for a couple of	5
26	[noun pl] [adv] for a couple of	5
27	[adv] [verb] for a couple of	22
28	[adv] [adv] for a couple of	11
29	[adv] [adv] for a couple of	8
30	[adv] [vb infin] for a couple of	7