Example sentences of "go [adv] [prep] a couple of " in BNC.
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| 1 | NYUP ! goes off in a couple of hundred limey brains — and are ignored . |
| 2 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
| 3 | Next we went to see what the hell was going on in a couple of places further down the block . |
| 4 | She 's going away in a couple of weeks with the Brownies |
| 5 | I 'm going home in a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 6 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 8 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |
| 9 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 10 | we 've both got a week off , and we thought we 'd all can go just for a couple of days |
| 11 | If I had gone away for a couple of days , I returned expecting almost to have to push the door open but to my amazement , the place was immaculate . |
| 12 | When he was seen in the special department , after blood tests for syphilis , taken as a last resort , had turned out strongly positive , he remembered having noticed a sore on his penis some five months earlier but had not bothered with it as it was not painful and had gone away after a couple of weeks . |
| 13 | ‘ I think I 'll go home for a couple of hours then come back later , ’ replied Nina , standing up and draining her mug . |
| 14 | On the day , I went home with a couple of mates and watched football on television . |
| 15 | ‘ We should have a rehearsal — you know , go up for a couple of days ahead of everyone else so we wo n't look like eejits . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah I think I 'll walk down to Green went out for a couple of hours in the morning felt grotty did n't go out at all . |
| 17 | It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures . |
| 18 | ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years . |
| 19 | Ron will be back tonight , so we 'll probably go out for a couple of pints . |