Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a couple [prep] " 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 | He wandered around for a couple of hours having chats with any of the old fellows who were around the place . ’ |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | I would feel tired , back off for a couple of days , but then go straight back into it again . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 11 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 17 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 18 | This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine |
| 19 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I went back for a couple of months this summer for the first time in four years . |
| 23 | Still , they decided to hang out for a couple of days and party with the likes of SHABBA RANKS and KRS-1 . |
| 24 | Ron will be back tonight , so we 'll probably go out for a couple of pints . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Anthony left instructions that you could get up for a couple of hours if you felt up to it . |
| 27 | Allow the cuttings to dry out for a couple of days before potting . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |