Another couple of yards and he would be in the open.

Another couple of hundred yards, he thought, would be about right.

Just getting from a car to a door a couple of yards away was a major operation.

It can't be more than a couple of hundred yards.

He would not make it more than another couple of hundred yards.

You wouldn't think a couple of hundred yards would make such a difference, but it does.

He turned to look at Joseph, a couple of yards away.

After a couple of hundred yards, he took a chance and looked back over his shoulder.

She was only a couple of hundred yards away, but the men in blue were a lot closer.

I got to within a couple of yards before either noticed me, and that was far enough.