Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warr is not readily allocated to any single faction , though his suspicion of all governments , his eventual antipathy to land tenures ( ‘ slavish ties and badges upon men ’ ) , and his vocabulary place him close to Gerrard Winstanley [ q.v. ] and the Diggers . |
| 2 | He had to make mock of her because otherwise he would have knelt down again and — cradled her close to him to comfort her . |
| 3 | ‘ You , nervous ! ’ she scoffed , and did n't resist when he took her in his arms , cradling her close to his heart . |
| 4 | Slowly pull the barbell upwards , keeping it close to the stomach and chest until it is just underneath the chin and the elbows are pointing upwards . |
| 5 | Slowly raise the dumb-bell vertically as high as possible without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body . |
| 6 | One-arm dumb-bell rowing — slowly raise the dumb-bell without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body |
| 7 | ‘ We 've installed it close to the stores counter . |
| 8 | So , if you do want a pendant light , fit it close to the window to ensure privacy . |
| 9 | The rearrangement of the kit has pushed me close to the side , and just above my face the fabric cracks and bangs in the wind . |
| 10 | As Louise moved away she experienced a powerful urge to grab the massager and tug it close to her secret places again but she did not dare . |
| 11 | You 've got a number of things here , you would take off the outer layer and you would bring it close to your body , if you , if you just pick it up with lots of layers around it you 're insulating it are n't you , to keep it cold , so you cuddle it close to your body right , and you remove outer layers of cloths Melanie said something about room temperature , right you raise the room temperature , okay ? |
| 12 | GUIL : We played it close to the chest of course . |
| 13 | A win for Akinwande , who beat the much-hyped Herbie Hide for the 1989 ABA title , will elevate him close to a world top-10 rating , if not pushing him into the elite of one of the four organisations . |
| 14 | He had always seemed grimly determined never to let her close to him , except physically , and in bed he had wanted her almost too much . |
| 15 | He let go of Leila who rubbed her wrist , holding it close to her chest . |
| 16 | Holding it close to his face between two big hands , speaking to the picture , he said , ‘ Sweet child . |
| 17 | And he was turning her around , hauling her close to him in a quick , masterful movement . |
| 18 | You 've got a number of things here , you would take off the outer layer and you would bring it close to your body , if you , if you just pick it up with lots of layers around it you 're insulating it are n't you , to keep it cold , so you cuddle it close to your body right , and you remove outer layers of cloths Melanie said something about room temperature , right you raise the room temperature , okay ? |
| 19 | This page and Outlook , page 27 Ferranti action : Ferranti International is planning legal action against some intermediaries in the ‘ phantom ’ arms contracts which have brought it close to collapse . |
| 20 | The Fanatics are the real weapon , the Mob is just a means of deploying them close to the enemy lines . |
| 21 | Starkisser had to have cost him close to a hundred thousand US dollars , and the Lucaya penthouse apartment , with its private docks and its view towards Silver Point Beach , probably cost ten times as much . |
| 22 | ‘ You know I 'm going to have to kiss you first , ’ he murmured seductively , dragging her close to his body . |
| 23 | Do they try to hold it close to the eyes ? |
| 24 | you do n't have to hold it close to you |
| 25 | At first you may well have to put the puppy on its leash and keep it close to you if it is not to be an annoyance when visitors call . |
| 26 | The culture industry does retain a trace of something better in those features which bring it close to the circus , in the self-justifying and nonsensical skill of riders , acrobats and clowns , in the ‘ defense and justification of physical as against intellectual art ’ ( Wedekind ) . |
| 27 | The last one is based on the popular song O du lieber Augustin and its exaggerations ( knowing ‘ how far to go too far ’ in Cocteau 's famous phrase ) bring it close to the kind of waltz parody found in the Valses bourgeoises by Lord Berners ( Unicorn-Kanchana , 1/79 — sadly now deleted ) . |
| 28 | ‘ For a man who tries to earn a few bucks selling information to the Press , you friend plays 'em close to the chest . ’ |
| 29 | WHEN THE Romans built Ermine Street , their great road from the south coast to the Humber , they deliberately aligned it close to the ancient university town of Stamford , then called Doorebriff At this strategic river crossing they established a town called Durobrivae , from which the Saxon word ‘ Welland ’ later derived , meaning ‘ raging , boiling , bubbling . |
| 30 | He glanced at his watch , bringing it close to his face because of the poor light . |