Example sentences of "of [noun] close in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howling for vengeance , the followers of Chaos closed in . |
| 2 | As they returned to Swinbrook on Grye , the gipsy horse , the trees of Wychwood closed in about them and Carrie imagined the sadly diminished yet still proud forest was protecting them from the rest of the world . |
| 3 | With a sigh , Emily sank back in her seat and closed her eyes , listening to the clip clop of horseshoes ringing against the roadway with a feeling of unreality closing in on her . |
| 4 | ( the walls of rooms close in ) |
| 5 | Here the 125 European challenge is headed by reigning champ , Italian Loris Capirossi ( Honda 1 ) , followed by countryman Ezio Gianola ( Derbi , 7 ) with eventual winner Noboru Ueda ( Honda , 56 ) of Japan closing in |
| 6 | She signalled , and a couple of he-dryads closed in . |
| 7 | The hospitaller felt the black demons of Hell closing in around him . |
| 8 | The last thing he heard before the flashing blue lights of unconsciousness closed in was a high reptilian scream of frustration , and the thrashing of talons in the treetops . |
| 9 | Yeltsin had given a dramatic description of tanks closing in and said that he believed that he had not much time left . |