Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're passing close to the battlezone . ’ |
| 2 | We 're getting close to something . |
| 3 | We 're getting close to a place that 's very important to you . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm thinking of either three pounds a ticket you 're getting close to the price of a special chauffeur . |
| 5 | The Labour Party 's changed a lot of it 's policies already so maybe they 're getting close to David Owen , I do n't know . |
| 6 | Wally I think you 're gon na need to wind up , you 're getting close to your time . |
| 7 | If two sponges are growing close to one another , they may , as they grow , come into contact and eventually merge into one huge organism . |
| 8 | HP has also been getting close to Novell , and has been working on a NetWare implementation for its PA-RISC chip a move ahead of other players . |
| 9 | Imagine a post-modern , post-punk Morecambe and Wise and you are getting close to Reeves and his foil , Bob Mortimer . |
| 10 | ‘ You are getting close to Ana and seem to have taken quite a responsibility on your shoulders . |
| 11 | The market is also highly sensitive because trading volumes are running close to 10-year lows . |
| 12 | We are coming close to the idea of war , not merely as something justifiable under certain circumstances , but as something capable of being holy . |
| 13 | If they seem to be drawing close to us , we shall kill your niece without hesitation . ’ |
| 14 | And surely we 'll be passing close to Wiesbaden , the HQ of the Kriminalpolizei ? ’ |
| 15 | Add to that determination , patience , skill , desire , stamina and a good pair of shoes and you may be getting close to finding out . |
| 16 | It seems the boys from Sun Microsystems Inc , Santa Cruz Operation Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc have had their heads together with Intel Corp for some months and must be getting close to agreeing an Application Binary Interface for Unix with the semiconductor house . |
| 17 | Italy seems to be coming close to that point of no return ; it is rapidly exhausting its reserves of international goodwill as well as its reserves of foreign currency . |
| 18 | If Painkiller were to dump John Zorn 's sax squawk and turn their Marshalls to the max then they might just be edging close to what Zeni Geva and Albini have cooked up here . |
| 19 | He 'd been sailing close to the wind for years and everything was just about to blow up in his face . ’ |
| 20 | By the time of its completion the company 's assets were climbing close to a billion dollars . |
| 21 | There was talk of a " list " , and in both years the arrested rioters were operating close to their own streets and parishes . |
| 22 | Cities still devoured their populations , though the British , being the oldest of the industrial era , were coming close to reproducing themselves , i.e. to grow without the constant and massive blood transfusion of immigration . |
| 23 | Maggie is drawing close to the bar . |
| 24 | We do n't cover the breadth of A level but I think the depth is getting close to it . |
| 25 | Well , Peter 's getting close to retirement , and he was hinting that he 'd like to sell out . |
| 26 | And I actually think it is coming close to a professional slur on Mr to suggest that he ca n't take an independent view . |
| 27 | peers inscrutably at the neatly fanned playing cards he is clutching close to his chest . |
| 28 | CHELSEA Football Club is edging close to a deal with Cabra Estates , its heavily indebted landlord , which could settle their drawn-out tussle over the football club 's Stamford Bridge ground . |
| 29 | If a predator is nosing close to them and they have not yet rolled tightly into a ball , they may bend and then suddenly straighten their legs , thrusting their spiny backs up into the killer 's sensitive nose . |
| 30 | Anger was getting close to being out of control , Briant suddenly realized , and he made a conscious effort to push it down . |