Example sentences of "i [prep] 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 | I need you to cover me fer a couple of hours at th'most . |
| 9 | No I think what it is I understand it now but if you ask me in a couple of weeks |
| 10 | He 's taken them away , promising to get back to me in a couple of days . |
| 11 | And believe me in a couple of weeks after we got the slate for him . |
| 12 | When I mentioned this to my father he said he had to drive up that way and would take me in the car and call back for me within a couple of hours . |
| 13 | You can bloody well treat me to a couple of Cokes when the shops open . ’ |
| 14 | And she ended up spending , it was the best part of the day with me and she came with me to a couple of meetings I went to . |
| 15 | How strict Tata had always been with me as a child ; even taken the strap to me on a couple of occasions , once for pinching ‘ fress ’ , or buns as Mother called them , behind his back — he did n't mind how much I took from the shop as long as I asked — and once for saying ‘ Damn ’ when I cut my finger peeling an apple . |