Example sentences of "there for a couple " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just think of how many people will walk past and subconsciously absorb your band 's name on a sticker which is on a high street lamp post , even if it only stays there for a couple of days . |
| 2 | With all the RAF stations in England for him to be sent to , he had actually been sent to Bourn and was there for a couple of months . |
| 3 | Erm ironically I was one of those that went from Essex to Manchester and I did live up there for a couple of years but er decided to come back . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Anyway , I sat there for a couple of minutes and then the cab came . ’ |
| 6 | Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation . |
| 7 | And when the hole has been there for a couple of days , they can dig another if necessary . |
| 8 | The er not a sore throat th you know , it 's there for a couple of days and then it kind of eases off , I think it 's getting better and then |
| 9 | I must have stood there for a couple of hours , getting more and more fed up as my imagination worked overtime . |
| 10 | Well you lasted there for a couple of years . |
| 11 | I 'm not an expert — I 've only lived there for a couple of years . ’ |
| 12 | I 've had first hand er experience of the States because I 've worked there for a couple of years . |
| 13 | Leave it there for a couple of days . |
| 14 | I 've got some bits in there for her a few kittens in there for a couple of days I , so they 'd go up , pick them up and they get left |
| 15 | I know what you mean , your husband 's gon na miss you there for a couple of nights |
| 16 | Well they sort of said that what , hopefully , she 'll like be there for a couple of days and she 'll never think she 's been anywhere else , she 'll think she 's been there all the time . |
| 17 | I 'm only gon na put it there for a couple of minutes . |