1.   They went past a couple of funeral homes along the way.

2.   Arizona, despite the three-game losing skid that came and went a couple of weeks ago, might be the best team in the conference.

3.   But I kinda wanted to make him pay for it by going a couple of shots lower today.

4.   But in the campaign to expunge foreign service from the Foggy Bottom vocabulary, Powell then went a couple of bridges too far.

5.   But why not allow the college football season to go a couple of weeks longer and decide a champion on the field?

6.   Fouquiau goes a couple of degrees darker, achieving a light chestnut color.

7.   He is planning to go a couple of more innings today.

8.   I had yet to go more than a couple of days.

9.   I think the statement as I recall hearing it is acceptable, and it probably could go a couple of hours.

10.   I go a couple of weeks without playing, then I play a little.