Example sentences of "[vb past] for a couple of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her output was not impressive but at least she succeeded for a couple of hours in driving the memory of Sybil 's murder into the back of her mind . |
| 2 | They came to a simple fence which was crossed by a stile , and here Alina rested for a couple of minutes before going on . |
| 3 | Nothing much happened for a couple of days , which was fine by me . |
| 4 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 5 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 6 | Josie disappeared for a couple of minutes and then reappeared with some pillows and a duvet . |
| 7 | Doubting Thomas , I stared for a couple of seconds before plunging my hand in . |
| 8 | Feeling unusually low and depressed from a bout of hay fever , Johnson did the natural thing and reached for a couple of Reactivins . |
| 9 | They did for a couple of years , and he won several tournaments and appeared in the Ryder Cup at the age of twenty-two . |
| 10 | With clenched teeth , Ace pulled the pins on the grenades , paused for a couple of heartbeats , and hurled them over at the German position . |
| 11 | It was all the greatest nonsense but the scare ran for a couple of days . |
| 12 | That lasted for a couple of weeks and it was a very scary moment — January or February of 1988 . |
| 13 | But , as I said , that only lasted for a couple of weeks , then you write something like Brazilia Crossed With Trenton ( from ‘ Workbook ’ ) and you say , well f**k Hüsker Dü and f**k anyone else who does n't like it … |
| 14 | Until 1939 he continued to teach medieval history , giving tutorials that often lasted for a couple of hours . |
| 15 | The boy 's concentration lasted for a couple of seconds after the halt was achieved . |
| 16 | Oh I must n't lose that , my grandson bought me that in Greece Cos I 'm a pipe smoker and er , but it 's not a Zippo , and he got it very cheap English you see , but I 've knackered him you see , because I , he thinks I 've still got that , but I , I , I bought a Zippo one , and it 's , it 's the hippo , the Zippo one that 's in there the other one was fucking useless , well , it lasted for a couple of months , a few months , but er |
| 17 | The conversation continued for a couple of hours . |
| 18 | I slept for a couple of hours and was awakened while it was still dark by a gentle rapping on my door : it proved to be Emil , fully dressed and apologetic . |
| 19 | ‘ In fact , I 'm so excited about everything , I think I only slept for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 20 | and she 'd got er little Zoe and er stayed for a couple of hours , had a cup of tea and you know . |
| 21 | The Prophet sat for a couple of minutes , gathering his strength . |