Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crossed the field , keeping extremely close to the top wall ready to jump over it if two tons of Fray Bentos came visiting , but there was no sign of either bull or cattle . |
| 2 | Punch opened the door and stood aside to let them pass , Lyddy pressing as close to Alexandra as she dared . |
| 3 | Suddenly , as they talked , arrows started to rain down on them , landing uncomfortably close to the two travellers . |
| 4 | It tumbled against the German mark — ending perilously close to its critical floor in the Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 5 | Drivers will be inhibited from driving too close to the car in front of them , for fear of being swamped in its foam . |
| 6 | DRIVING too close to the vehicle ahead is still a common tendency on Ulster roads . |
| 7 | Examples include : Driving too close to the car in front and thus intimidating the driver . |
| 8 | Idle — or perhaps not so idle — mention may be made on the radio news of a distant tropical depression known to be forming somewhere close to an exotic and encouragingly far away island — Yap , maybe , or Truk , or the northern Matianas . |
| 9 | They skimmed low , passing so close to Simon that their wings beat at his head . |
| 10 | Howden Marsh , situated on the outskirts of Howden , is a low area of over eleven acres , the habitat of wild flowers , animals and birds , which the parish council is developing as close to nature as possible . |
| 11 | Patrick Stewart , secretary of the CFA , however , said yesterday that it should be made clear that the pinger was not the answer to the problem of submarines operating too close to fishing vessels . |
| 12 | In Germany , this spirit often takes the form of a ‘ bergmonck ’ or huge , pale monk who wards off travellers venturing too close to a mine rich with lodes of gold . |
| 13 | Sheffield 's Fidel Castro Smith has been given a reward for going so close to beating Henry Wharton in their exciting super-middleweight fight at Leeds United 's Elland Road this week . |
| 14 | Canada 's disappointment at going so close to a memorable Davis Cup triumph was shared no doubt by Neal Frazer and his Australian team , who had faced the long journey to Cyprus for what was always likely to be a somewhat meaningless match against a no longer credible Yugoslav side , without players from Croatia , even before the injury to Slovodan Zivojinovic , in the first match . |
| 15 | The first task will be to remove saplings growing too close to the bridge , but I must hasten to reassure conservationists that we were unanimous in agreeing that this must be done sensitively . |
| 16 | This followed repairs when Bob Hall took two feet off a wingtip while turning too close to the ground in the Goodyear Trophy race . |
| 17 | ‘ Until then waves had looked like a pleasant photogenic distraction on television , and not a serious challenge to anything else , ’ Salter recalled , ‘ but getting so close to 5 p/kWh would have rung a lot of alarm bells with people who would feel threatened . ’ |
| 18 | And all I know is he 's getting literally close to home and he works for you , if you include disabling your barmen in the conditions of employment , that is . ’ |
| 19 | Staying so close to the palace will enhance your enjoyment , enabling you to make many mini-trips in between reading about the extraordinary life of its court . |
| 20 | I was moving dangerously close to the potato peelings . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're getting awfully close to the reef . ’ |
| 22 | We were getting interestingly close to setting a new record . |
| 23 | Fergal shouted , shaking off his father 's half restraining hand and moving threateningly close to Ellie . |
| 24 | Venables was lifted from a precarious 30-degree ice slope , by an Indian army helicopter pilot flying perilously close to his aircraft 's maximum altitude limit . |
| 25 | Walter , down below them and with the waters getting perilously close to the tops of his waders , says , ‘ Something 's rotten under here . |
| 26 | Are you aware that you 're getting perilously close to slander ? |
| 27 | getting too close to the interviewer . |
| 28 | Avoid getting too close to them and certainly do n't try to wrestle with them or restrain them . |
| 29 | He had made no attempt to kiss her again — in fact , he seemed deliberately to avoid getting too close to her at all . |
| 30 | That approach was also rejected , because it was getting too close to a rating system , but it would have had some logic , a factor that is entirely outwith the system with which we are now confronted . |