Example sentences of "close [prep] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is no-one close to home to talk to , or if you want to talk to an independent person about your worries , you could telephone ChildLine or Barnardo 's . |
| 2 | Where she would lie still , huddled close to fur scarred and torn , half dead with cold and hunger . |
| 3 | The magazine , through his influence , became more regularized ; readers noted that something perilously close to marketing had intruded into its anarchy . |
| 4 | In practice , however , the majority of employers that have equalised upwards ( i.e. instead of reducing the retirement age for men ) are at this stage allowing women the option to take their pension early without reductions , instead of obliging those already close to retirement to prolong their working life . |
| 5 | Many hunters and men moving close to nature have commented on this sixth sense , warning them of danger . |