Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A massive collection was made in local towns , and two crosses were erected close to where the men met their tragic ends . |
| 2 | On May 7 the Executive Yuan lifted martial law on the offshore islands of Matsu and Chinmen ( Quemoy ) , both of which were situated close to the Chinese mainland . |
| 3 | Two black Honda scramblers were parked close to the workbench and her first thought was to put them out of action , but she doubted whether she could get in a clear shot without exposing her head . |
| 4 | Sometimes a grammar school and a secondary modern school were located close to one another , even on the same ‘ campus ’ , in order to facilitate the sharing of resources , or the movement of pupils from one to the other . |
| 5 | A group of fifty company houses known as Cammells Row were built close to the works on Chesterfield Road . |
| 6 | Suddenly the candle was blown out , I was attacked from behind and my arms were tied close to my sides with a thick rope . |
| 7 | Some of those who served with the Forces on the continent were brought close to areas where their families had lived , or where friends and relatives had last been heard of . |
| 8 | In two or three months in 1939 , territorial units were brought close to the standard of regular infantry battalions and gunner regiments . |
| 9 | They said tension was running high over the mass funeral of 38 of their soldiers whose graves were found close to the convoy 's route . |
| 10 | Four men from west Belfast were arrested close to the jail . |
| 11 | The pair , who gave addresses at Dorset Square , Rathenraw estate in Antrim , were arrested close to the border at the beginning of August by Customs officers . |
| 12 | Thus the traditional coppiced woods , in which chestnut trees were cut close to the base to produce a regular supply of straight sticks , left grassland in between that was sometimes open ( when the sticks were harvested ) and sometimes shaded ( when the crop was grown ) . |
| 13 | The Colombi is among the ‘ Thirty Best Hotels in Germany ’ list — and we were followed close to Freiburg … ’ |
| 14 | The difficulties associated with the introduction of the community charge were not caused by the time taken for the Bill to pass through the House , but by the fact that a large number of regulations relating to the charge were passed close to its introduction . |
| 15 | Earlier , two other fake bombs were discovered close to Shell 's Seafield House offices at Hill of Rubislaw and BP Expro 's headquarters at Dyce . |
| 16 | The agent for the shipping line was standing on an upturned milk crate outside the pool hut which was situated close to the entrance to the wharfs . |
| 17 | It was situated close to the United Nations headquarters as well as being only three blocks away from the African American Institute which Mobuto had requested to see at some point during his visit . |
| 18 | The bistro was situated close to the occult bookshop . |
| 19 | Perhaps the most characteristic British example is that in the civitas capital at Silchester , where it was the second largest building in the town after the forum and was situated close to the south gate . |
| 20 | There are many printed plays , and The Fashionable Lover was placed close to The Fatal Divorce . |
| 21 | As he clasped her waist , instead of jumping down she slid her body down his , so that his arms remained holding her and she was pressed close to him . |
| 22 | He had already crossed the whole length Of the hall and was pressed close to two rabbits , a buck and doe , each of whom was fully as large as Cowslip . |
| 23 | Hannah Dooley was pressed close to Sheldon parry , the born-again television director , crooning softly to herself . |
| 24 | Not all were tankers — the second , a South Korean-run oilfield service vessel , was caught close to a Saudi offshore field and sunk . |
| 25 | No reasonable person could have objected — nor did they — when , shortly after the death of the Hizbollah bomber , an impressive steel anti-terrorist shield was installed close to No. 10 . |
| 26 | Mick was perched close to it , with a bowl of hot water and suds at his feet . |
| 27 | The mantle currently being sampled at a distal ocean island must have undergone fractionation of U/Pb when it was located close to a cooling ridge ( in the case of Madeira ) or a cooling plume head ( in the case of the Cameroon line ) . |
| 28 | MacNeill Weir in his guide says that about the year 1827 a large distillery was built close to the River Laggan at Mulindry . |
| 29 | Productivity was concentrated close to the surface ; chlorophyll a values were high in summer and a daily peak production of over 300 mg C m 2 was recorded , decreasing rapidly below 1 m ( Heywood , 1984 ) . |
| 30 | But following an all night drink and drugs party he was found close to the Bridge of Sighs … having fallen from the top floor of this house . |