Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a [noun sg] of day " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 3 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 4 | ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself . |
| 5 | So he was only in for a couple of days then ? |
| 6 | But quite clearly this is a more expensive use of beds in residential establishments , when people simply come in for a matter of days or week or two weeks , rather than coming in on a permanent basis . |
| 7 | I would feel tired , back off for a couple of days , but then go straight back into it again . |
| 8 | Christmases were wonderful and greatly looked forward to by us both , but they were also tiring , and in early January , when all danger of further jollity from New Year had receded , we took ourselves off for a couple of days . |
| 9 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 10 | She was in her office all Tuesday afternoon and went straight off for a couple of days on some residential course . ’ |
| 11 | Anyway , if there 's no visa I 'm gon na live it up for a couple of days , then put me foot down and not take it off till I get to Gib . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | We acclimatise with shorter trips for the first few days , then split for free sailing , meeting up for a couple of days to brief for another long session of free sailing . |
| 14 | This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine |
| 15 | This was a house where four IRA men , surrounded by the police , had been holed up for a number of days . |
| 16 | Allow the cuttings to dry out for a couple of days before potting . |
| 17 | Still , they decided to hang out for a couple of days and party with the likes of SHABBA RANKS and KRS-1 . |
| 18 | There should be no more nonsense about one or other of them moving out for a matter of days or weeks only for the unsatisfactory relationship to resume just as unsatisfactorily as before . |
| 19 | I have n't seen you around for a couple of days . " |