Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] a [noun sg] of days " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh well , I suppose it wo n't hurt me for a couple of days . |
| 2 | The office can bloody do without me for a couple of days . |
| 3 | She stayed with me for a couple of days before going on to Spain to my sister . |
| 4 | Er , we originally , my wife and I , come from Scotland , and when you get people ringing up from er Scotland saying , well we 're just passing through en route to Paris , or Amsterdam , or somewhere , can we stay with you for a couple of days , it 's very difficult not to say , er , well , I 'm busy is n't it really , and you , you 've got to accept them really ? |
| 5 | I went out and saw it a minute ago and I thought I 'd bring it in and I thought I had n't seen you for a couple of days . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll ring you in a couple of days . |
| 7 | I 'll see you in a couple of days , then , and with a packet of some finished stuff . ’ |
| 8 | We should have something for you in a couple of days . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll have it for you in a couple of days , ’ the woman told Lucy . |
| 10 | And I mean the kids the kids that we yo yo some kids er , I mean they were just beautiful and other kids lost them within a couple of days ! |
| 11 | You can always sell them within a couple of days of them coming in |
| 12 | He 's taken them away , promising to get back to me in a couple of days . |
| 13 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 14 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 15 | Maybe you can get somebody to move in with her for a couple of days . |
| 16 | ‘ And there are some boys who are just out to go as far as they can with a girl and get rid of her after a couple of days . |
| 17 | His General Practitioner was notified by telephone of his impending discharge and promised to visit him within a couple of days . |
| 18 | and erm she 's had it for a couple of days but we thought she was getting over it this morning . |
| 19 | But as I say he 's never done any of it for a couple of days . |
| 20 | There 's a spitball course going through now , you 'll join it for a couple of days . ’ |
| 21 | I had to stop using it after a couple of days . ’ |
| 22 | It would n't be , I would n't say oh no you ca n't have it , but I 'd say well you 'll receive it in a couple of days time and if they said oh well that 's not good enough , then fair enough , you , you know . |
| 23 | If you do n't get to the end of it within a couple of days , come to me and I 'm sure I 've got somewhere on my old Mac . |
| 24 | I knew the Führer would forget it within a matter of days and he did , only Himmler did n't . |