Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a couple " in BNC.

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1 He used to come in for a couple of drinks .
2 ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself .
3 and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days .
4 Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple
5 He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’
6 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 ’ .
7 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 ’ .
8 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 .
9 I would feel tired , back off for a couple of days , but then go straight back into it again .
10 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 . ’
11 Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’
12 Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days .
13 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 .
14 ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep .
19 ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe .
20 This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine
21 So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know .
22 ‘ 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 . ’
23 Yeah I think I 'll walk down to Green went out for a couple of hours in the morning felt grotty did n't go out at all .
24 ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years .
25 Still , they decided to hang out for a couple of days and party with the likes of SHABBA RANKS and KRS-1 .
26 Ron will be back tonight , so we 'll probably go out for a couple of pints .
27 ‘ But you want to stay on for a couple more days ?
28 You know they were only being taken on for a couple of months and they , they wanted to form a trade union but quite a lot of the tra er father Christmases would n't join a trade union .
29 Farrar , in his fourth outing for the Central Park giants , notched a try in each half with Shaun Edwards also sweeping over for a couple .
30 Anthony left instructions that you could get up for a couple of hours if you felt up to it .
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