Example sentences of "[adv] closely as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merrill hugged her jacket around her more closely as they turned into the wind and crossed the road to a small wine bar . |
| 2 | He looked at her more closely as she poured the stale brownish water from the vase down the sink . |
| 3 | And all of the family starting to watch the boy more closely as he sailed or forced himself through one limit after the other — a talent , it was beginning to seem , in every pocket . |
| 4 | ‘ With all our promotional campaigns , we want to work as closely as we can with booksellers . |
| 5 | She enjoyed their company , although she did not read their books as closely as they might have wished , for she had a strong and idiosyncratic sense of history , particularly of the Stuart period ( like my grandfather , she was a descendant of Charles II , in her case from Nell Gwyn , in his from Lucy Walter ) . |
| 6 | Gremlins is essentially a text adventure , following the original plot as closely as you could hope for . |
| 7 | For the next four weeks you will need to follow the diet outlined as closely as you possibly can . |
| 8 | To involve related professions as closely as he did was an innovation at that time . |
| 9 | Adam approached as closely as he could . |
| 10 | I did n't own a pair of binoculars , so I could n't observe the birds as closely as I 'd have wished , but I had something much closer to watch . |
| 11 | These claims should be investigated very closely as it may be possible for a local glazing firm to carry out a satisfactory replacement of the glass or glazing unit without replacing the window frame or door . |