Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on . |
| 2 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 3 | ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself . |
| 4 | Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans . |
| 5 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 6 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 7 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 8 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 9 | He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’ |
| 10 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 11 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 12 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 13 | Living only for a couple of microseconds on average , the muon can not go from atom to atom catalysing fusion and liberating energy indefinitely ; the dream of the ages is n't so easily fulfilled . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I would feel tired , back off for a couple of days , but then go straight back into it again . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 18 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 19 | The plot fires off in every direction at once , almost entirely wasting some of a fine ensemble cast ( Maria De Medirios shows up for a couple of close ups and little more ) , introducing sub-plots at the very last minute ( a homosexual love affair between the opera 's leading man and director is inexplicably absent from the rest of the movie ) and turning from light comedy to an intense marital drama with no warning . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 21 | Seriously though , look out for a couple of new faces in the team — maybe more — and some new first-time winners on the 1991 Tour . |
| 22 | MARKETING MOVES aside , the fact that Radiohead have barred themselves from the 3,000-sales-and-you're-a-star indie party by signing to EMI means that , as stunning as ‘ Creep ’ sounds , it 'll probably chart at about Number 74 , hang around for a couple of weeks and fall back out again without so much as a whimper . |
| 23 | ‘ Then get home for a couple of hours . |
| 24 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
| 25 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 26 | Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation . |
| 27 | ‘ Then we 'll be travelling together for a couple of stops . |
| 28 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 29 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 30 | He just said he was thinking of coming home for a couple of days , if that was all right . |