Example sentences of "couple of [noun] into the " in BNC.

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1 Apparently that drives a couple of bones into the brain .
2 Drop a couple of marbles into the cup and watch the water spill over .
3 Of course when you seam a garment you lose a couple of stitches into the seam .
4 The Sakata factory was a couple of kilometres into the valley and he had never ridden so fast in all his life .
5 He was wearing a ginger sports jacket , and he thrust a couple of ballpoints into the breast pocket .
6 She took a couple of steps into the yard as if Pascoe 's voice were already summoning her .
7 It 's a couple of miles into the forest . ’
8 On the other side of the Square , attracting a much larger crowd , a fire-eater was doing his thing watched by amazed children as he threw his head back and spewed flame a couple of yards into the air .
9 Murray was doubtful as to whether this would be enough ; but Heiton declared that he could send a couple of men into the Roxburgh township , to the alehouses and howffs , to spread the word that the Regent himself was in the vicinity .
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