Example sentences of "he came close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remained with Vivienne , the bank , and years of exhaustion in which he came close to death . |
| 2 | The most obvious expression of this was Maxse 's ‘ radical plutocracy ’ enquiry , launched in the wake of the Marconi scandal , when he came close to depicting the Asquith government as tools of a shadowy ‘ cosmopolitan finance ’ . |
| 3 | So did Campbell , although he came close to it with his emphasis upon Christ as the perfect penitent who makes the perfect confession . |
| 4 | Mellor , it will be recalled , was the unfortunate minister charged with turning the pig 's ear of Margaret Thatcher 's commercial broadcast policy into a silk purse — a miracle he came close to performing . |
| 5 | A loose end , Kirov reminded himself as he came close to the man . |
| 6 | Newmarket Magistrates told Youds he came close to being disqualified for a speeding offence which warranted a six unit fine . |
| 7 | He came close to the stranger and sniffed , as Hazel had done . |
| 8 | He came close to joining the Italian giant Ferrari but did eventually join an overseas manufacturer in 1954 , when he joined Ferrari 's rivals , Maserati . |
| 9 | Between 1903 and 1912 local activists prevented the outright split in the party to which émigré divisions were leading , Lenin himself faced powerful challenges from within the Bolshevik faction , notably from Bogdanov , and he came close to losing control altogether . |
| 10 | It had become so much a matter of routine that when she answered he came close to putting the phone down before he realized that all he 'd heard was , ‘ Hello . ’ |
| 11 | He spun around so fast that he came close to falling over , his heart leaping like a bird in a snare . |
| 12 | A week later he came close to winning another gold in the Scottish Men 's Championships but his Perth Rink was pipped in the finals . |
| 13 | He was so unsuccessful that he came close to packing it in until he allowed his gloomy demeanour to shine on stage . |
| 14 | He came close to Tallis , his red hair curling from below the fur hood , his eyes wide and searching . |
| 15 | Chilperic 's wish to appear as a cultivated monarch is not in question ; he wrote poetry , however badly , and he showed some interest in such issues as the alphabet , to which he wished to add four letters , and in theology , where he came close to heresy , when he decided to abolish the distinctions between the persons of the Trinity . |
| 16 | He came close to death and is still trying to come to terms with the attack . |