Example sentences of "close to their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parking is a major problem , often because vehicles are parked too close to their vehicle . |
| 2 | Perhaps under Italian influence Campra lent other little used keys symbolic associations too : Charpentier 's description of B minor and E major respectively as ‘ lonely and melancholic ’ and ‘ quarrelsome and clamorous ’ comes close to their ethos in Campra 's music . |
| 3 | Alex and Thrash arrive late and stick close to their entourage . |
| 4 | Babies and toddlers love getting messy , and playing with sand or splashing in water outside in the sum must come close to their idea of heaven . |
| 5 | There was a slight movement close to their position . |
| 6 | Snowy owls , northern counterparts of the cosmopolitan eagle owls ( Bubo sp. ) are usually sedentary , wintering on or close to their breeding areas . |
| 7 | The children listened attentively and snuggled close to their father . |
| 8 | They left sticking close to their father and chatting happily to the crowds . |
| 9 | They are frequently denied the choice of living in the village in which they were born and brought up or in the village close to their employment . |
| 10 | ‘ South Africa must be worried how easily we did get through , and close to their line , because they know that Will Carling and Jeremy Guscott are amongst the quickest in the world . |