Example sentences of "his [noun sg] close [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellwood put his mouth close to the old man 's ear and whispered , showing his teeth . |
| 2 | Franco had his arm around his elder brother 's shoulder , his mouth close to his face , his other arm gesticulating gracefully , as if conducting an invisible band of players . |
| 3 | ‘ Not silly , just compassionate , ’ he murmured , his mouth close to her ear . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , God ! ’ he said , laughing , his body relaxing and his eyes glittering as he bent his head , his mouth close to hers . |
| 5 | The boy who kicks his football close to windows can be reprimanded more easily if he was one of those to draw up the rule against doing so and if he agreed on the appropriate punishment beforehand . |
| 6 | Carrington put his visor close to Talbot 's . |
| 7 | Robyn gazed up at the billowing white clouds and a longing for Luke 's touch , unlike anything she had ever felt before , overwhelmed her completely — her whole being ached with the desire to be held in his arms , to feel the strength and comfort and warmth of his body close to hers . |
| 8 | Allen knelt and put his head close to the ground . |
| 9 | One of the men , bearded , with roughly patched jeans and a loud laugh , leaned on the back of Rain 's chair , his head close to hers , and talked to Oliver as though she were not there . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you , Madame , that will be all for the moment , but , ’ he bent his head close to her ear as they moved towards the door , ‘ I would ask you to act as my eyes and ears when I am not present . |
| 11 | The German Officer appears to be seriously wounded , the clothing on his back is saturated with blood ; the size of the wound indicates a fairly large piece of shrapnel has entered his back close to the spine . |
| 12 | Kirov placed his ear close to the loudspeaker . |
| 13 | But Mize pushed his approach out to the right and had to get his chip close to be in with a chance of halving the hole . |