Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] for [art] couple of " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on . |
| 2 | Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans . |
| 3 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 4 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 5 | Mind you , I suspect she 'll only stay ashore for a couple of hours , but that 's better than nothing at all . ’ |
| 6 | Living only for a couple of microseconds on average , the muon can not go from atom to atom catalysing fusion and liberating energy indefinitely ; the dream of the ages is n't so easily fulfilled . |
| 7 | ‘ Then get home for a couple of hours . |
| 8 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 9 | Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation . |
| 10 | ‘ Then we 'll be travelling together for a couple of stops . |
| 11 | He just said he was thinking of coming home for a couple of days , if that was all right . |
| 12 | You only lived here for a couple of years . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If you can bear to wait here for a couple of minutes , I 'll go and see . ’ |
| 14 | we 've both got a week off , and we thought we 'd all can go just for a couple of days |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I think I 'll go home for a couple of hours then come back later , ’ replied Nina , standing up and draining her mug . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | Are you going to stay here for a couple of days , where you 'll be safe ? |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I 've had first hand er experience of the States because I 've worked there for a couple of years . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Well you lasted there for a couple of years . |
| 27 | I 'm not an expert — I 've only lived there for a couple of years . ’ |
| 28 | I must have stood there for a couple of hours , getting more and more fed up as my imagination worked overtime . |
| 29 | Some people study best for a couple of hours straight after coming home from work or college . |
| 30 | Anyway , I sat there for a couple of minutes and then the cab came . ’ |