Example sentences of "close for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Held her close for a minute , then lifted her chin and looked into her face .
2 He 's awful close for a lookout .
3 ‘ It was pretty close for a while , but in the last two sets I got run over by a Mack truck , ’ said Navratilova , who told the crowd that next year will probably be her last year of competing on the tour as a singles player .
4 She and Claudia were very close for a while .
5 He took her by the arm , in a grip that was firm and inescapable , and Robyn felt the sudden shock of awareness , as the undeniable strength of his body pressed close for a moment against her own .
6 He held her close for a moment , then drew back so he could see her face .
7 Relations between the two were complex , very close for a time during the war .
8 As two young married couples they had been close for a time when they lived near Stoke , although Carole had not got on at all well with Amaranth .
9 It soon took the lead staying close for an hour , and left shortly before we saw Lake Angelus .
10 Now fair enough , the Syclone looks like a barn door , and chews fuel like a jet fighter , but , if you like fast cars , there is simply nothing that even gets close for the price .
11 Our man , whoever he is , came in close for the kill , but could n't go through with it . ’
12 And on twenty five minutes , Nigel Mott got that opening goal as an excellent through ball from Paul Biddle found him in space and he placed the ball wide of the Fairmile goalkeeper Mark Carrigan ; Fairmile were not to be perturbed by this as on their half an hour Wayne Glossop went close for the home side .
13 They insisted that no one else was involved and vowed to stay close for the sake of their daughter Rose , four .
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