Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the last couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have n't had overtime for the last couple of weeks . |
| 2 | I 've been promising myself a drink for the last couple of hours … ’ |
| 3 | Whatever enforced their absence for the last couple of years , it was n't an extensive search for a new musical direction . |
| 4 | You raised a very , very significant issue that I have n't heard much addressed in recent days and we know that there has n't really been a super power of the Soviet Union and any other military sense for the last couple of years . |
| 5 | The £700,000 striker missed the last two games with a badly bruised shoulder , but he has been back in training for the last couple of days and will have a late fitness check tonight . |
| 6 | He 'd covered her over with a coat and taken her few possessions inside , and she 'd slept on ; she 'd been the same way for the last couple of hours of the journey , ever since they 'd made their final stop at a twenty-four hour garage so that he could fill the Zodiac 's tank and buy some tape for a running repair to the headlamp that he 'd broken when , lights doused to escape notice , he 'd clipped the corner of the garage block on their way out of the parking area . |
| 7 | Clarke has not played in that position for the last couple of years , but performed excellently . |