Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DB7 will still cost close to eighty thousand pounds , but that 's a fraction of the price of the company 's other cars . |
| 2 | Nobody would ever get close to a man like Felipe de Santis and she refused to acknowledge that she wanted to get close . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They would also pass close to the centre of the main sweet-water aquifer of the Jerusalem region . |
| 5 | But it does n't really come close to Rangers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |