Example sentences of "couple [prep] foot [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 However there is still a section at the end of the footway and before the start of the flood bank where there are just two fences a couple of feet apart with nothing between them .
2 I should like to mention again that the recent excavations at this point removed 5–6 metres of tarmac surface and replaced this with two fences a couple of feet apart with nothing between them .
3 Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow .
4 Any baby soother should be played at least a couple of feet away from her head .
5 He finally stopped when he was just a couple of feet away from her .
6 Face turned on one arm , she risked a glance along the muscular length of the body stretched a couple of feet away from her , the briefest black trunks accentuating the dusky , even tan of his skin .
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