Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Mum and Dad are going off on holiday on Saturday , so they wo n't be popping in to visit for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 2 | Cos you ca n't go and say well I 'm only going for a couple of weeks ! |
| 3 | He 's only , he 's only going for a couple of weeks |
| 4 | But , even if the records only stand for a couple of weeks , Kapil wants two Indians on top at the same time . |
| 5 | He 'd only go for a couple of hours to his London office . |
| 6 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 7 | But , as I said , that only lasted for a couple of weeks , then you write something like Brazilia Crossed With Trenton ( from ‘ Workbook ’ ) and you say , well f**k Hüsker Dü and f**k anyone else who does n't like it … |
| 8 | It had been most enjoyable with a tremendous amount of flying : I had been in every part of the Command — Persia as it was in those days , down the Gulf and all the way round the Gulf to Bahrain , Salalah , I took part in the search for the Imperial Airways Argosy airliner City of Glasgow that landed on the beach and was literally lost for a couple of days before one of the Shaihah crews found it away down beyond Sulwah Wells . |
| 9 | Pedro How would you like to not see for a couple of days ? |
| 10 | Put ½ lb. of fine dried apricots to soak in water just to cover for a couple of hours — or overnight if it is more convenient . |
| 11 | Not feeding for a couple of days before hand clears their systems and helps to make sure your fish eat the remedy , so that it has a greater effect and avoids the problem of rotting herbs polluting the water . |
| 12 | It does not come for a couple of times . |
| 13 | Your home will not suffer for a couple of weeks without anyone to look after it any more than when you go on holiday . |
| 14 | He usually sleeps for a couple of days and then slowly builds himself up for the next trip . |
| 15 | I mean yesterday after I had me dinner I dropped off to sleep for a couple of hours cos |
| 16 | Clapton was also an isolated spot where the traps were usually left for a couple of days before being checked . |
| 17 | After this year , however , Gary became really confused for a couple of months and began to doubt his call in the first place . |
| 18 | Until 1939 he continued to teach medieval history , giving tutorials that often lasted for a couple of hours . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | And he seems to think I may not get any worse , but we sha n't know for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 22 | He did n't reply for a couple of minutes . |