Example sentences of "[vb infin] close [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AMERICAN Fred Couples is near to completing a scintillating year on the world golf tour which has seen him win close to £1m . |
| 2 | I am not sure whether I should stand up or stay close to Suzie . |
| 3 | The production will stay close to Morton 's book detailing Diana 's private grief as her marriage falls apart , and is sure to cause a major row . |
| 4 | A CAB driver and an unemployed man will make close to £2.5 million after a jury ruled they wrote the Fifties classic Why Do Fools Fall In Love ? |
| 5 | Do not pitch close to objects that will reflect the sun 's rays onto the tent , such as white caravans . |
| 6 | The largest in Belfast , but the most sensitive from a security point of view in other areas , where marching Orangemen and their bands will pass close to Nationalist districts . |
| 7 | ‘ We have been very busy this week and hopefully the attendance will get close to Windsor 's 10,500 capacity , ’ said William Campbell of the IFA . |
| 8 | In early retirement older workers have a socially acceptable alternative to the stigma of unemployment , that is not available to younger people ( Bruche and Casey 1982 : 112 ) ; but first they must get close to pension age . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm … er … fine , ’ said Robert , desperately trying to work out how he might get close to Maisie , ‘ but I am … er … worried about the boys . ’ |
| 10 | But it does n't really come close to Rangers . |
| 11 | A line between these polemical extremes would come close to Massie 's 7s 6d ( 37½p ) . |