Example sentences of "she [vb past] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She passed close to him as she crossed the room , averting her eyes . |
| 2 | She moved close to him and touched his cheek . |
| 3 | She stopped close to the entrance to St Martin 's and walked up the steep path of a tiny church , ancient before St Thomas was born . |
| 4 | She drew close to him instead . |
| 5 | In the beginning , more than fifteen years ago , when she was much slimmer and wore flared trousers , she seemed to enter a magnetic field whenever she came close to Tom . |
| 6 | She came close to threatening the Community with a repetition of de Gaulle 's policy of ‘ the empty chair ’ in the sixties . |
| 7 | There was no one in the stable or the yard , but when she came close to the back door she could hear voices from the kitchen . |
| 8 | By now she 'd definitely come to pin the blame on the stuff they 'd had to drink ; every time she even thought of it she came close to throwing up . |
| 9 | The two boys gazed at her with such blazing admiration that she came close to blushing . |
| 10 | Needing a moment 's breathing-space , she took a side-step or two away , and had a brief inner tussle where she came close to telling him that Travis was not her boyfriend , and had never been her boyfriend . |
| 11 | She cuddled close to him again , to soothe away the friction of disagreement . |
| 12 | He 'd allowed her closer than anyone else , and when his clothes were off and he was tired she read him the way she read the weather or the mountains or the dust , she ran her fingers over his pale , scarred body and she guessed close to the truth . |
| 13 | She allowed herself to cling to Craig 's broad shoulders , she pressed close to him , her lips parting under his . |
| 14 | She pressed close to my master , stroking his hand gently with one of her fingers . |
| 15 | She spurred close to Lord Wyatt and spoke in a voice full of soft malice : ‘ They know what the bloody hell it is ! |
| 16 | Timidly , she went close to the bed and when the invalid stretched out her hand she took it gratefully and sat beside her . |
| 17 | She kept close to the high ferns at the side . |
| 18 | She kept close to Spike , making sure he did n't wander out of her sight . |
| 19 | Nor did she feel quite ready to ; and now she leaned close to his ear , and raised her voice . |
| 20 | She leaned close to the woman 's ear and said urgently , ‘ Do n't move , madame . |
| 21 | She found a penny and two ha'pennies in her purse , and the publican had served her a little port in exchange , which she sipped close to the blazing fire . |
| 22 | Henry said that he would n't be at all surprised ; but Lettice need not be afraid as long as she stayed close to him . |