Example sentences of "[adv prt] for a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Now that has come to pass , I think everyone is gearing back down and it will be down for a couple of years before it goes back up ; it just seems to go back and forth . |
| 6 | ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks . |
| 7 | If he got his head down for a couple of hours he would be nice and fresh for the evening . |
| 8 | Tod held his head down for a couple of minutes , then sloped off . |
| 9 | Just put your papers down for a couple of minutes please . |
| 10 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 11 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 12 | Lindsey came on and sat in for a couple of numbers and really enjoyed being back on the boards with us lot . |
| 13 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 14 | Thanks to the number of school boards and the complicated system of voting , the final results will not be in for a couple of weeks . |
| 15 | We just had to sit there all day on our own , and I was in for a couple of weeks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But first you 're in for a couple of months in Florida . |
| 18 | So he asked me if I 'd go in for a couple of weeks until he got something sorted out you know . |
| 19 | ‘ All you have to do is hang in for a couple of days , ’ she told herself . |
| 20 | He used to come in for a couple of drinks . |
| 21 | So he was only in for a couple of days then ? |
| 22 | Trade you in for a couple of camels , he 'd come home with a couple of camels |
| 23 | Erm so he ju he was taking it over for a couple of weeks . |
| 24 | I would feel tired , back off for a couple of days , but then go straight back into it again . |
| 25 | Christmases were wonderful and greatly looked forward to by us both , but they were also tiring , and in early January , when all danger of further jollity from New Year had receded , we took ourselves off for a couple of days . |
| 26 | Between Czecho and Hungary , he decided he was going off for a couple of days . |
| 27 | She was in her office all Tuesday afternoon and went straight off for a couple of days on some residential course . ’ |
| 28 | I hear there 's a barbecue so we 're off for a couple of tubes mate ! |
| 29 | You tell them can we just switch the phones off for a couple of minutes , no , no calls on are they ? |
| 30 | Anyway , if there 's no visa I 'm gon na live it up for a couple of days , then put me foot down and not take it off till I get to Gib . |