Example sentences of "[adv] too close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response was so swift and unhesitating that McLeish was taken aback , and drove much too close to the car in front . |
| 2 | It tended to arrange debates late at night , and much too close to the critical Council meeting , when it realized it would otherwise have to maintain a parliamentary reserve in the Council if scrutiny had not been completed by a debate . |
| 3 | The move brought his mouth much too close to hers , and he took advantage of that fact before she had time to even consider evasive action . |
| 4 | It is surprisingly easy to make the circuit and base leg far too close to the field , particularly if the surrounding countryside is rough and unlandable . |
| 5 | Keeping far too close to the field |
| 6 | Producers will usually only meet pluggers who they know already , and rarely see any band 's representative because they are probably far too close to the music to have any objectivity . |
| 7 | Seven years later , remedial works were still being carried out ; the raised flood-banks set far too close to the watercourse were being eroded away ; the stability of the downstream bridge was threatened ; and the real cost to the public purse of what was a relatively small scheme originally has yet to be clearly counted . |
| 8 | He paused , far too close to where she sat , ‘ you are an extremely beautiful and desirable young woman . |
| 9 | That deeply masculine voice , far too close to her ear , could only belong to one person . |
| 10 | Almost too close to Madge Ramsey 's famous ; ‘ Say what you like , there 's nothing like a nice cup of tea . ’ |
| 11 | Tried moving to right but then too close to frame . |
| 12 | You are being seduced by your Ego 's love of melodrama and , since it can feel thrilling to dice with death , you might be tempted to walk rather too close to the edge of the cliff . |
| 13 | The headmaster was getting a little too close to the bone for my liking , so I decided to go on the defensive . |
| 14 | However , the jury were having none of it ; she had entered these institutions of her own volition , possibly when the police were getting a little too close to her activities in that part of the country . |
| 15 | In Channel 4 's £150,000 black comedy , set to screen on December 22 , Atkinson has Prince Charles running the country alone after being dumped by Princess Diana … a little too close to the truth for a spoof like Pallas . |
| 16 | Meanwhile the popularity of Yardie amongst jail birds has led to certain elements deciding that the book comes a little too close to the truth for their liking , and Victor Headley has disappeared into hiding to work on Yardie 2 , leaving Adebayo and Pope to speak on his behalf . |
| 17 | Mind you , they 're not beyond tackling baby crocodiles and getting , in their curiosity , a little too close to massive snakes — as we saw . |
| 18 | They were placed now just a little too close to her own . |