Example sentences of "couple of [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reached forward to turn off the gas poker and add a couple of peats to the fire . |
| 2 | She paused at the mantelpiece to move a small cactus a couple of inches to the left . |
| 3 | This added a couple of minutes to the time it took . |
| 4 | I slipped back into the water and swam a couple of strokes to the curtain . |
| 5 | His ship had been in Japan just after the surrender and he had enjoyed a couple of visits to the bath houses in Yokohama A part of the treatment there had included an exhilarating massage carried out by a young girl who , by standing on his inert naked body , and by using her body weight as a substitute for arm muscle , had given him an unforgettable massage with her bare feet . |
| 6 | Erm reference has been made er a couple of times to the appendix which I attached to my submission , that 's the map and the schedule of strategic constraints , I feel I ought not to let it pass without some comment . |
| 7 | It took over an hour to negotiate the couple of miles to the hotel and only then because , in exasperation , I ignored all rules of good driving not to mention half-a-dozen laws , and made my way blithely down a one-way street ( the wrong way , of course ) and down a ( prohibited ) tram-only lane . |
| 8 | For a really good view of it you 'll need to go a couple of miles to the north . |
| 9 | Nothing breaches the flatness except some kind of smokestack or cooling tower a couple of miles to the north . |
| 10 | Before concluding , I would like to raise a couple of objections to the view I am advocating . |