Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] for a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Melt half the butter in a saucepan , add the beans and cook gently for a couple of minutes , stirring , then add the savory and just enough boiling water to cover the beans . |
| 2 | Add conditioner to the water , and aerate thoroughly for a couple of days . |
| 3 | I would feel tired , back off for a couple of days , but then go straight back into it again . |
| 4 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 5 | Seriously though , look out for a couple of new faces in the team — maybe more — and some new first-time winners on the 1991 Tour . |
| 6 | MARKETING MOVES aside , the fact that Radiohead have barred themselves from the 3,000-sales-and-you're-a-star indie party by signing to EMI means that , as stunning as ‘ Creep ’ sounds , it 'll probably chart at about Number 74 , hang around for a couple of weeks and fall back out again without so much as a whimper . |
| 7 | ‘ Then get home for a couple of hours . |
| 8 | ‘ We should have a rehearsal — you know , go up for a couple of days ahead of everyone else so we wo n't look like eejits . ’ |
| 9 | My mum and aunt are always saying to me , a white girl will first of all be engaged , then marry , then live in her mum 's house for a little while until they can afford the mortgage on their place , then buy a house , live there for a couple of years , then they 'll have the baby . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The first came in 1977–8 against Australia and he began with fifties in his first three innings , only to join the Packer brigade and miss out for a couple of years . |
| 12 | " I mean , what are my chances , if I stick around for a couple more months ? " |
| 13 | Some people study best for a couple of hours straight after coming home from work or college . |