Example sentences of "could [vb infin] close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled and nodded , pulling her into his arms , so that he could speak close to her ear . |
| 2 | ‘ But at least I could come close to the song of electricity . |
| 3 | But I had the amp set with the treble full on , the presence full on and the bright switch kicked in before I could get close to what I 'd call a classically nasty Telecaster bridge pickup tone . |
| 4 | We have no agents who could get close to something this big ? ’ |
| 5 | They set out to create the conditions where two hydrogen nuclei ( ‘ protons ’ ) could get close to each other , collide and join to make a nucleus of helium . |
| 6 | A spokesman for Essex Ambulance Service said the rescue operation was hampered because no vehicles could get close to where the girl had fallen . |
| 7 | I poured a single measure of vodka into the half-pint of Guinness without disturbing the head , and handed it to Sally , leaning over so I could get close to her ear . |
| 8 | Gravity has a similar effect ; a spaceship could skip close to a black hole for what would seem to be a short period of time and then emerge to find that , for the rest of the Universe , millions of years had passed . |