Example sentences of "[pron] for a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad . |
| 2 | Other times , though , if it was a student who stuck with me for a couple of years , eventually they would get interested in reading in some form . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh well , I suppose it wo n't hurt me for a couple of days . |
| 4 | The office can bloody do without me for a couple of days . |
| 5 | ‘ I have to go out ; can you live without me for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 6 | She stayed with me for a couple of days before going on to Spain to my sister . |
| 7 | But that was just a hope he 'd been tossing at me for a couple of years without any interest from me . |
| 8 | Anyone who did n't know them might have taken them for a couple of businessmen out for a Sunday afternoon stroll . |
| 9 | ‘ They were n't worth keeping so I swapped them for a couple of balloons . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . |
| 11 | We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . |
| 12 | When I first went , I thought I 'd only get them for a couple of weeks at the most . |
| 13 | In case anyone thinks this was unnecessarily drastic , I did in fact leave them for a couple of hours to see if they would come out of their own accord — but they did n't , and I was concerned that they might starve if left to their own devices . |
| 14 | They 'd hire them for a couple of months and then if they worked out they 'd keep them on , paying them a pittance , and if they did n't , they 'd say ‘ sorry ’ and the guy would go away . |
| 15 | She 'll have to stay on them for a couple of years , more than likely , perhaps for life . |
| 16 | And on Friday you can see Lucy and then Leo and Russel come home from school and you can play with them for a couple of hours . |
| 17 | I did take you for a couple staying there together , and normally I would have retreated smartly and come back here again , but for what had already happened . |
| 18 | ’ So I wondered whether it would put you out too much to let her visit with you for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Considering I 'm eight and a half months pregnant and have n't heard from you for a couple of weeks . |
| 20 | Er , we originally , my wife and I , come from Scotland , and when you get people ringing up from er Scotland saying , well we 're just passing through en route to Paris , or Amsterdam , or somewhere , can we stay with you for a couple of days , it 's very difficult not to say , er , well , I 'm busy is n't it really , and you , you 've got to accept them really ? |
| 21 | So that was the sort of stuff that did for you for a couple of weeks before Christmas . |
| 22 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
| 23 | Bert was full of praise for the quality of craftsmanship on the example which he had when they first came out ( he was one of the six guitarists on the committee involved in the design of Höfner 's ‘ Committee ’ guitar ) , and told us that he had used one for a couple of his hits — Big Beat Boogie and Sorry Robbie … |
| 24 | Though I must say I do n't know that I 'd very much mind having this little sweet one for a couple of weeks to myself . ’ |
| 25 | I think they are a waste of money because the baby 's only in one for a couple of months . |
| 26 | We wo n't be able to afford one for a couple of years yet . |
| 27 | We have n't had one for a couple have we ? |
| 28 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 29 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 30 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |