Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos the we er did get people contacting the office to say I 've got a lump sum , I 'd like to put it somewhere for a couple of years , and er we always wondered why they 're thinking of a couple of years . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm all right for a couple of minutes . ’ |
| 3 | The wheels would be all right for a couple of days ; then they 'd become ten times worse and they 'd have to come to the smithy . |
| 4 | There was two of them w wi with a Range Rover the other morning er with all sorts of notices and the following morning they had a motorcyclist er hidden behind the hedge as it were er that seemed to obviously put things right for a couple of days . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Go and pack a few things , enough for a couple of days . |
| 8 | You could smell the gas from the coke and ‘ Are you awake there ? ’ and then you might have a little natter with him — but only for a couple of minutes because if the sergeant saw you , you 'd be ‘ on the peg ’ . |
| 9 | Living only for a couple of microseconds on average , the muon can not go from atom to atom catalysing fusion and liberating energy indefinitely ; the dream of the ages is n't so easily fulfilled . |
| 10 | And you saw the marks only for a couple of seconds when he lifted his palms to receive the Host . |
| 11 | People only see the good-for-nothing sons who hang around bars getting into fights and pushing drugs ; they do n't see the real shepherd , the man who spends almost all of his life alone , spends his days making the cheeses they take for granted and his nights sleeping sometimes only for a couple of hours because it 's lambing time . ’ |
| 12 | You must get away , even if it 's only for a couple of days . |
| 13 | ‘ Even if it 's only for a couple of hours , I have to go to bed . ’ |
| 14 | The groups play out their scene for themselves in small groups , but only for a couple of minutes . |
| 15 | It might be helpful for you to pray together as a couple for God 's direction . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks . |
| 21 | If he got his head down for a couple of hours he would be nice and fresh for the evening . |
| 22 | Tod held his head down for a couple of minutes , then sloped off . |
| 23 | Just put your papers down for a couple of minutes please . |
| 24 | Why do n't you take the duty room and go and lie down for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 25 | and go out and that , if you want to come down for a couple of days . |
| 26 | He started then with the money , because he had the giro , so I was getting into a mess again , was n't I. So for a couple of weeks we were paid separately . |
| 27 | At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on . |
| 28 | Lindsey came on and sat in for a couple of numbers and really enjoyed being back on the boards with us lot . |
| 29 | ‘ Malcolm may be coming in for a couple of days each week , ’ said Rofe . |
| 30 | 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 . |