Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a couple of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The General Herborising was also conducted by the Demonstrator who led his more expert colleagues further afield , sometimes to the coast where they would remain for a couple of days or more . |
| 2 | With someone who 's not I 'd try and get them to wait for a couple of days and then if they would n't I 'd go through the and get them it today . |
| 3 | ‘ You can take me to a hotel , somewhere I can stay for a couple of nights until the police can find the very sick person who sent that letter to me . ’ |
| 4 | I can see this light shining from the side , so I squeeze through a couple of trolleys to see if I can get out that way . |
| 5 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 6 | Her output was not impressive but at least she succeeded for a couple of hours in driving the memory of Sybil 's murder into the back of her mind . |
| 7 | Parents who have watched their children grow and develop are just as likely to have insights into the development of their child as the teacher who has taught for a couple of years . |
| 8 | He usually stops eating for a couple of days but I talk him out of it . |
| 9 | wait a minute , we 'll leave that in there we 'll let it go out , see how it goes for a couple of months , Glen will know where we can use any money for that anyway for a couple of months |
| 10 | She 's having treatment still , she she goes for a couple of days at a time . |
| 11 | Most library suppliers produce ‘ library editions ’ of fiction by buying up sets of book sheets from the publishers , adding double strength reinforcing and laminating the dust jackets on to their own boards — the end result having far greater durability than a publisher 's casing , and avoiding the need for binding after a couple of years ' use . |
| 12 | Mind you few customers are likely to care what they 're eating after a couple of glasses of Mulsum : Salute . |
| 13 | If on the other hand the board does not fully and cleanly develop after a couple of minutes , then the board has not been exposed to UV light for long enough . |
| 14 | ‘ We wo n't know for a couple of days but everything points to her having used large amounts of cocaine , ’ a senior detective told TODAY . |
| 15 | And he seems to think I may not get any worse , but we sha n't know for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 16 | Sleep for a couple of hours and then see how you feel . |
| 17 | Some of this experimental technology will go into SAS release 6.09 , most will roll into version 7.0 , which is n't expected for a couple of years yet . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's awfully kind of you , and I should love to come for a couple of days , if I may . |
| 19 | The French Commandos are climbing aboard a couple of jeeps in the farmyard . |
| 20 | Steve continued with us in One until the following March , when he crossed the Atlantic to play for Vancouver Whitecaps for a couple of seasons , but he joined the Palace for a third time in the summer 1981 as our Youth Coach and was then appointed Manager in mid-November , charged with keeping the side in Division Two , following relegation from Division One . |
| 21 | I 've been lurking for a couple of months now and I had a couple thoughts : |
| 22 | Also , voting for this season 's 1st team seems interesting , but should we wait for a couple of weeks before all signings are done . |
| 23 | You were let off a couple of times before . |
| 24 | Perhaps he had hit a patch of false going which caused him to lose his action , or had a fleeting muscular spasm which lost him the use of his hind legs — something like Bryan Marshall had reported after a couple of his races earlier in the season . |
| 25 | Looks like a couple of little dykes to me . ’ |
| 26 | The air carried a reviving chill which Forester reinforced with a couple of splashing handfuls of cold stream water which made the skin of his face sing and drove out the dull ache behind his eyes . |
| 27 | And though embellished with a couple of right hands which sought but did not destroy , it was the work of a crushing left hook-cum-uppercut that was ripped from the top shelf of Razor 's own weapon room . |
| 28 | Meredith peered into a couple of loose-boxes and called ‘ Mr Fearon ? ’ but only found herself staring into surprised equine faces . |
| 29 | And that 's when she bumped into a couple of famous faces . |
| 30 | Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round |