Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for a couple of " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ If you can bear to wait here for a couple of minutes , I 'll go and see . ’ |
| 32 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 33 | we 've both got a week off , and we thought we 'd all can go just for a couple of days |
| 34 | If I had gone away for a couple of days , I returned expecting almost to have to push the door open but to my amazement , the place was immaculate . |
| 35 | ‘ I think I 'll go home for a couple of hours then come back later , ’ replied Nina , standing up and draining her mug . |
| 36 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years . |
| 39 | Still , they decided to hang out for a couple of days and party with the likes of SHABBA RANKS and KRS-1 . |
| 40 | Ron will be back tonight , so we 'll probably go out for a couple of pints . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | What we both needed was to get away for a couple of days , to go somewhere peaceful , relaxing and free of any association with the past , where we could work out where we stood . |
| 43 | Anthony left instructions that you could get up for a couple of hours if you felt up to it . |
| 44 | Allow the cuttings to dry out for a couple of days before potting . |
| 45 | What about the last we did yesterday actually designers and training , it 's quite a , it 's quite a struggle that had a long day , been sitting here for a couple of hours I du n no it seems longer and there you are and you 're actually struggling |
| 46 | Are you going to stay here for a couple of days , where you 'll be safe ? |
| 47 | I think it 's brilliant , and when I came out of hospital you said mummy , I said I want to stay here for a couple of days is that Stacey ? |
| 48 | My mum and aunt are always saying to me , a white girl will first of all be engaged , then marry , then live in her mum 's house for a little while until they can afford the mortgage on their place , then buy a house , live there for a couple of years , then they 'll have the baby . |
| 49 | I 've had first hand er experience of the States because I 've worked there for a couple of years . |
| 50 | He 's only been playing seriously for a couple of years , ’ said Luke , hardly flinching as a car cut right in front of him , missing them by millimetres . |
| 51 | ‘ The woman involved was a married woman with a family and she and Philip had lived together for a couple of months but she decided to go back to her husband in September . ’ |
| 52 | The house was n't run-down , either , but there were touches here and there betraying the fact 64 that it had n't been lived in for a couple of years ; the windows that were n't shuttered were n't clean , and there were weeds pushing up through the gravel . |
| 53 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
| 54 | Habitually a somewhat forgetful person , I had also for a couple of days been trying to remember the name of the director of the film Such Good Friends . |
| 55 | The first came in 1977–8 against Australia and he began with fifties in his first three innings , only to join the Packer brigade and miss out for a couple of years . |
| 56 | Well you lasted there for a couple of years . |
| 57 | I 'm not an expert — I 've only lived there for a couple of years . ’ |
| 58 | I must have stood there for a couple of hours , getting more and more fed up as my imagination worked overtime . |
| 59 | Lindsey came on and sat in for a couple of numbers and really enjoyed being back on the boards with us lot . |
| 60 | Some people study best for a couple of hours straight after coming home from work or college . |