Example sentences of "been there a couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After David had been there a couple of weeks , I used to go off doing odd bits of work in London , working as a journalist , although I was n't very keen on that side of my life at the time — there were other things that interested me more . |
| 2 | When she had been there a couple of years and I asked her how she was , she said , ‘ Pretty mouldy . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It is , ’ I told him , ‘ It 's only been there a couple of years . |
| 4 | Says she does n't know the engine-room well but has been there a couple of times . |
| 5 | Er you can hire sail boats and er it 's I I 've been there a couple of times . |
| 6 | No it was during the conversation he er he said that I hear that you went to flat and I said yes and he said er well you just missed me , I 'd been there a couple of days before . |
| 7 | One of our friends that we 'd met were there , they 'd been there a couple of weeks |