Example sentences of "[noun] for a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against the black walls there were of course changes in fashion , changes of music , changes in drink ; for instance for a couple of years you could get little liqueur glasses of violently alcoholic black coffee with pyramids of whipped cream on top after one of the barstaff had come back from an affair with a real sailor ( or so he said anyway ) in some German port , Germany somewhere . |
| 2 | Avery sat to Minton for a couple of portraits and for a period saw him about once a fortnight . |
| 3 | On New Year 's Day they topped the division for a couple of hours . |
| 4 | On New Year 's Day they topped the division for a couple of hours . |
| 5 | Then the hotel ( ‘ Charlie sent us , ’ ) and the assistant manager drawing her to one side ( ‘ I 'm putting you in a suite for a couple of hours . |
| 6 | Answer : a notched wooden roller that is turned gently back and forth between the palms and fingers for a couple of minutes a day . |
| 7 | As a result the SB level for a couple on the ordinary rate has fallen from 61 per cent of personal disposable income per capita in 1978 to 53 per cent in 1987 . |
| 8 | — producing , for example , an increase in income support for a couple with two children aged 10 and 12 from £104.55 to £111.85 , and for a pensioner couple aged under 75 from £83.15 to £88.95 . |
| 9 | I had been walking him around the roads for a couple of weeks and could n't wait to have him fit again . |
| 10 | Er , we 've been working in Harlow for a couple of years now and as you may know , we as Paul said , finished the first phase of Three Hills which is the Ayletts Field scheme which provided sixty six properties for a low cost home ownership and two special needs properties and we 'll also be starting in the next couple of months er , on providing low cost home ownership in Church Langley erm it 's funded by yo , yourselves . |
| 11 | 6 ) My baby at about 3 to 4 months was fully breastfed when he started a feeding for a couple of minutes and then screaming still obviously hungry but still screaming if offered the breast again . |
| 12 | I got the impression that Uncle Phil lived with Meli for quite a few years in in Brighton for a couple of years before she died . |
| 13 | Earlier still , rumour had it that England selectors needed only to whistle down a mine-shaft for a couple of fast bowlers to arrive in the next cage . |
| 14 | Then was down in Middlesbrough for a couple of days that week , and er , I think amused everybody by calling it miserable all the time , I dread to think what . |
| 15 | Let's face it , when you work hard all year round to save money for a couple of weeks in the sunshine , you deserve to enjoy yourself . |
| 16 | The agency have agreed to pay me a retainer for a couple of weeks while I think about what I 'd like to do next . ’ |
| 17 | Then out on to an assignment or with somebody in the field for a couple of days whichever company you go into . |
| 18 | With a plan of gaining experience for a couple of years then broadening his horizons by moving overseas , Roy came to Craigforth for an interview . |
| 19 | He signed for Palace on 8 March 1962 and progressed through the Junior ranks for a couple of seasons . |
| 20 | Her season began unpromisingly with an attack of shingles which kept her out of action for a couple of weeks but she recovered quickly and so completely that in addition to compiling her formidable record on the golf course , she was able to cope more than adequately with her school exams . |
| 21 | In 1979 the average disposable income ( after tax and National Insurance contributions ) of households consisting of a lone parent and children was £70.46 compared with £123.30 for a couple with two children ( DE , 1980 ) . |
| 22 | I 've been riding this horse for a couple of years now and he never lets me down . |
| 23 | So if I were you , I 'd nip over to the Company Health Club for a couple of hours , tidy yourself up a bit , and see what they can do to lick your wounds . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But since we 're both going to have to stay under this roof for a couple of days , perhaps even longer , maybe we 'd better lay down some ground rules so that we can at least avoid open warfare . ’ |
| 25 | After Jimmy ceased to be a first-team player he continued with the club , playing in the Reserves for a couple of seasons . |
| 26 | In bed in hostel in Lausanne — had a most restful evening , did n't have any tea apart from some crisps and an apple , and sat down by Lac Leman for a couple of hours or so , taking in the evening sun and reading 's book . |
| 27 | I give it a break for a couple of , well about three Sundays now |
| 28 | I would be flying over and staying with Angie for a couple of weeks at The Sherry Netherland , and Angie and I would go with Zowie in the daytime and then we 'd stay up all night with David because he functioned at night . |
| 29 | He had arrived in the late afternoon of a perfect summer 's day , was shortly to go off to the Alps and then the Himalayas and had not touched rock for a couple of years , so the urge for activity was upon him . |
| 30 | I thought the hand-cranking on the ‘ 109 a bit dodgy , till an impatient Navy pilot threw me off the wing of a Harvard into the prop , miraculously only tearing my jacket and grazing my arm , putting me in dock for a couple of days . |