Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm a great believer in it , I , I park my car close to that and find it a most convenient way of travelling around . |
| 2 | Even today I remember my stupefaction close to terror . |
| 3 | Christine put her mouth close to Anne 's ear . |
| 4 | The feel of her body close to his in the carriage made him want to hold her , and he was tempted to cover her attractive though work-worn hand with his . |
| 5 | Moving through a confined space , for example if the glider is too large to go through the door , it is always wise to go nose first , swinging the glider right round and out with its nose close to one door . |
| 6 | She put her head close to his . |
| 7 | Data Connection , too , is playing its price-list close to its chest . |
| 8 | Just beyond the boundary is the site of an Iceni camp used by Queen Boadicea and her army close to what is now the All road . |
| 9 | Seals take much of their food close to the surface , plankton and pelagic fish forming their main prey . |
| 10 | That night , as often when she put Josh to bed , Clare held the most precious thing in her world close to her heart and felt guilty and ashamed that she was n't providing him with the things she thought she should . |
| 11 | She habitually moved in a kind of nautical crawl , with her stomach close to the deck , as though close-furled and ready for dirty weather . |
| 12 | ‘ She came to my bedside , put her candle close to my face and stared fiercely at me . |
| 13 | It is visible with the naked eye , and its position close to Eta and Mu makes it very easy to locate . |
| 14 | By the end of the year Oman had raised its production close to capacity ( 700,000 barrels per day ) and efforts were under way to boost production capability . |
| 15 | Ellwood put his mouth close to the old man 's ear and whispered , showing his teeth . |
| 16 | Franco had his arm around his elder brother 's shoulder , his mouth close to his face , his other arm gesticulating gracefully , as if conducting an invisible band of players . |
| 17 | ‘ Not silly , just compassionate , ’ he murmured , his mouth close to her ear . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , God ! ’ he said , laughing , his body relaxing and his eyes glittering as he bent his head , his mouth close to hers . |
| 19 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 20 | Carrington put his visor close to Talbot 's . |
| 21 | Robyn gazed up at the billowing white clouds and a longing for Luke 's touch , unlike anything she had ever felt before , overwhelmed her completely — her whole being ached with the desire to be held in his arms , to feel the strength and comfort and warmth of his body close to hers . |
| 22 | Allen knelt and put his head close to the ground . |
| 23 | One of the men , bearded , with roughly patched jeans and a loud laugh , leaned on the back of Rain 's chair , his head close to hers , and talked to Oliver as though she were not there . |
| 24 | ‘ Thank you , Madame , that will be all for the moment , but , ’ he bent his head close to her ear as they moved towards the door , ‘ I would ask you to act as my eyes and ears when I am not present . |
| 25 | The German Officer appears to be seriously wounded , the clothing on his back is saturated with blood ; the size of the wound indicates a fairly large piece of shrapnel has entered his back close to the spine . |
| 26 | Kirov placed his ear close to the loudspeaker . |
| 27 | But Mize pushed his approach out to the right and had to get his chip close to be in with a chance of halving the hole . |
| 28 | ‘ Put your eye close to that window . ’ |
| 29 | Place your eye close to the drop and adjust the strip slightly up or down until you can see a highly magnified picture of the letters on the newspaper . |
| 30 | With the back of your hand close to your lips , say , ‘ Pay the piper . ’ |