Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not pitch close to objects that will reflect the sun 's rays onto the tent , such as white caravans . |
| 2 | Still , we do not come close to one local village which was left a field , the rents from which for centuries provided the poor with half-a-dozen sacks of coal ; but then the village sold its field to a property developer . |
| 3 | As with so many of Stockman 's ambitions , this one did not come close to full realization ; nevertheless , in the early months of Reagan 's first term , the legislature was repeatedly upstaged and out-manoeuvred by the White House . |
| 4 | But I did not come close to any but my outward gestures . |
| 5 | Until we begin to recognise our responsibility for the current situation , we will not come close to finding a solution that will lead African families to choose to have smaller families . |
| 6 | The DB7 will still cost close to eighty thousand pounds , but that 's a fraction of the price of the company 's other cars . |
| 7 | Nobody would ever get close to a man like Felipe de Santis and she refused to acknowledge that she wanted to get close . |
| 8 | It was ironic to realise she 'd once come close to despising her mother for that frailty , when she was battling hard now not to fall into the same trap herself . |
| 9 | They would also pass close to the centre of the main sweet-water aquifer of the Jerusalem region . |
| 10 | But it does n't really come close to Rangers . |
| 11 | No ; I could n't stay close to whatever it was in him that liked it so much . |
| 12 | Having said that , lately I 've heard him and he 's trying to get back some of his fire , but the originals , the ‘ Disraeli Gears ’ album and the Bluesbreakers … he does n't come close to the fire that 's on those songs any more . |
| 13 | He wo n't come close to the lodge . |
| 14 | Sharpe spurred towards the nearest Belgians , but before he could even get close to the battalion a French column burst out of the rye and the Belgians , without even firing a volley , turned and ran . |
| 15 | Even given that these are projected figures , it would take a massive error to even get close to a break-even , never mind a situation whereby track costs were not covered . |
| 16 | I was ready to fight him after this , but he danced about so much that I could n't get close to him . |
| 17 | do n't get close to a fire — you ca n't feel the heat and it can easily burn you . |
| 18 | He could n't get close to her in any way , unless she let him — and she had absolutely no intention of doing that . |