Example sentences of "[pers pn] close " in BNC.
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| 1 | They back-chatted Mr Griffith to such an extent that he reversed a penalty award to them close to the posts . |
| 2 | Looking to our right we recognised the Cottages with the road in front of them close to the ditch ; also our Professor 's stable , coach-house and dog kennels , with the back entrance from the road to his garden … we were soon in King 's Road [ Pancras Way ] which we found to be well studded with trees on each side … to our left the Country residence of Counsellor Agar [ builder of Agar 's Town ] … we turned to the right and first took notice of the front of our Professor 's house with its large garden protected from the pathway and road by a brick wall . |
| 3 | Judith blended it over the lids and showed Helen how to give the illusion of larger eyes by outlining them close to the lashes with a dark pencil ( see Beauty News for recommendations ) . |
| 4 | The Fanatics are the real weapon , the Mob is just a means of deploying them close to the enemy lines . |
| 5 | What had happened was that , having marched in straight lines over open flat ground for a while , their paths had taken them close to a pebble . |
| 6 | The rearrangement of the kit has pushed me close to the side , and just above my face the fabric cracks and bangs in the wind . |
| 7 | In the morning our vet returned and we discussed the situation , with me close to tears . |
| 8 | So I would , thought Bobby , if you would just let me close the door now and then , but he only said , ‘ I 've heard of Hertzl . ’ |
| 9 | Get me close enough and I will do the rest . ’ |
| 10 | There is only one man in this country who runs me close on litigation and that is Horatio Bottomley . |
| 11 | This small and friendly middle-class hotel is just fifteen minutes stroll from the Ku'damm , and so puts you close to most of Berlin 's many sights . |
| 12 | Made from solid steel with a porcelain-enamelled finish , it has detachable legs and a vent that you close to extinguish the briquettes or charcoal . |
| 13 | ‘ I had to get you away from him and have you close to me . |
| 14 | I know because you , you were thumping me knee , I can not knit with you close to us man |
| 15 | She close the door behind her and walked upstairs to her room . |
| 16 | When they arrived at her close he took her inside , along past the stairs to where it was dark and they could n't be seen by the rest of the close . |
| 17 | He had to make mock of her because otherwise he would have knelt down again and — cradled her close to him to comfort her . |
| 18 | Maureen had borrowed a wheelchair for her mother and wheeled her close to the altar to see Anne and John married , then drove her home until the Nuptial Mass was over . |
| 19 | He had always seemed grimly determined never to let her close to him , except physically , and in bed he had wanted her almost too much . |
| 20 | And he was turning her around , hauling her close to him in a quick , masterful movement . |
| 21 | As his hand came to her arm she lashed out at him and he caught her close to save himself the trouble of subduing her in any other way . |
| 22 | ‘ You know I 'm going to have to kiss you first , ’ he murmured seductively , dragging her close to his body . |
| 23 | Then he dragged her close again and bent his head to kiss her . |
| 24 | He pushed through the swing doors and was gone , leaving her close to tears and frantically worried that she had upset him for ever . |
| 25 | His abrupt departure left her close to collapse . |
| 26 | ‘ You , nervous ! ’ she scoffed , and did n't resist when he took her in his arms , cradling her close to his heart . |
| 27 | A win for Akinwande , who beat the much-hyped Herbie Hide for the 1989 ABA title , will elevate him close to a world top-10 rating , if not pushing him into the elite of one of the four organisations . |
| 28 | Starkisser had to have cost him close to a hundred thousand US dollars , and the Lucaya penthouse apartment , with its private docks and its view towards Silver Point Beach , probably cost ten times as much . |
| 29 | shrugging him close as a second skin |
| 30 | Warr is not readily allocated to any single faction , though his suspicion of all governments , his eventual antipathy to land tenures ( ‘ slavish ties and badges upon men ’ ) , and his vocabulary place him close to Gerrard Winstanley [ q.v. ] and the Diggers . |