Example sentences of "[pers pn] close to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the morning our vet returned and we discussed the situation , with me close to tears . |
| 2 | He pushed through the swing doors and was gone , leaving her close to tears and frantically worried that she had upset him for ever . |
| 3 | His abrupt departure left her close to collapse . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll never forget that day at Birkdale , ’ recalled Payne , whose victory lifts him close to Ryder Cup recognition this year . |
| 5 | Warr is not readily allocated to any single faction , though his suspicion of all governments , his eventual antipathy to land tenures ( ‘ slavish ties and badges upon men ’ ) , and his vocabulary place him close to Gerrard Winstanley [ q.v. ] and the Diggers . |
| 6 | A ball was flicked on by Deane and Strach ran onto it close to Sheffs left midfield/ left back area . |
| 7 | This page and Outlook , page 27 Ferranti action : Ferranti International is planning legal action against some intermediaries in the ‘ phantom ’ arms contracts which have brought it close to collapse . |
| 8 | Flash floods in October tore away supporting concrete panels from the base of the Mojkovac dam , bringing it close to collapse . |
| 9 | Flash floods in October 1992 had torn away supporting concrete panels from the base of the dam , bringing it close to collapse and threatening the release of 3.5 million tonnes of water containing harmful levels of heavy metals from nearby mines [ see ED 65/66 ] . |
| 10 | The bad one leads them into temptation and they believe that the only way that they can get rid of it is to drag it close to danger . |
| 11 | In the second place , those of us close to Smith Square greatly underestimated the influence of the press . |