Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] for a couple of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought we were just going out for a couple of hours ! ’ she protested hotly . |
| 7 | ‘ Then we 'll be travelling together for a couple of stops . |
| 8 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 9 | He just said he was thinking of coming home for a couple of days , if that was all right . |
| 10 | This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 . |