Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] for [art] couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh well , I suppose it wo n't hurt me for a couple of days . |
| 2 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 3 | They let us see him for a couple of minutes , and then they took us back to the prison . |
| 4 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |
| 5 | Can you amuse yourself for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 6 | I did take you for a couple staying there together , and normally I would have retreated smartly and come back here again , but for what had already happened . |
| 7 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
| 8 | There 's a spitball course going through now , you 'll join it for a couple of days . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I can hardly wait , ’ he said drily , ‘ but perhaps we could leave it for a couple of years ? ’ |
| 10 | Well no , you have to scarify it and then you have to you have to carry on the work , you ca n't sort of do it and then think , ooh I 'll leave it for a couple of months . |
| 11 | When I first went , I thought I 'd only get them for a couple of weeks at the most . |
| 12 | They 'd hire them for a couple of months and then if they worked out they 'd keep them on , paying them a pittance , and if they did n't , they 'd say ‘ sorry ’ and the guy would go away . |