Example sentences of "be so near [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perfect we can not be , either by accident or ignorance ( like your sweet ignorance , little one ) , or by strenuous effort ; but we can be so near perfection that , from our present and ordinary level , that nearness would seem perfection itself . |
| 2 | I was glad that it was so near election time . |
| 3 | I 'd almost forgotten it was so near Christmas . |
| 4 | The ‘ angel of the Lord ’ calls from heaven , just as he did when Ishmael was so near death . |
| 5 | She stared away from them and up beyond the cage towards the grey sky , and Creggan saw in her eyes a longing and a hope that he sensed had been with her all her long life , and was with her even now when he saw she was so near death . |