Example sentences of "[adv] [been] [adv] near " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the things she had expected from life , the events of the last twenty-four hours had not been remotely near them . |
| 2 | The numbers have not , however , fallen significantly , and in 1977 there were still 44,100 adults aged sixteen and over in mental handicap hospitals in England , and recent decreases in these numbers have not been anywhere near as rapid as successive governments have proposed would be the case . |
| 3 | The first is that the amount of evolutionary divergence in the organization of primate brains has not been anywhere near as great as the divergence between primates and other groups . |
| 4 | Tushingham 's second place in the Flying Dutchman , after winning the final race , was particularly impressive as British sailors have not been so near the top of this class since the era of Rodney Pattisson . |
| 5 | Danbridge or you can come up Danbridge in the up to Wolvercloth , yes , but I 've never been , it 's the first time I 've ever been anywhere near the shopping |
| 6 | That he 'd seen no-one and had n't been anywhere near the clunch pit or the derelict car . |
| 7 | ‘ But he has n't been anywhere near our place , or tried to see Anna . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , Khan , I think if we had n't been so near the city , he would have burned the cart . |
| 9 | The fish had never been anywhere near the Clyde . |