Example sentences of "close [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For sheep , up to five strands are needed ; the smaller the lambs the closer together the wires must be . |
| 2 | ‘ The death of her twin brother somehow brought Harry and her closer together , ’ she ended her story . |
| 3 | However , Joanne and her parents agree that having the baby has brought them all closer together as a family , and it has provided a focus and role for her mother who , after Joanne 's account , tells her version of the way that this has positively transformed her life . |
| 4 | These correspond to frames in the movie , and the closer together they are , the slower the actor moves . |
| 5 | Pammy , then , there 's a picture of her tractor , is there , no I have n't got one here , yes , is that the Alice Charmers , well , do you know the Alice Charmers tractor , the two front wheel close together , it 's got big wheels the long one , two little , well it was a bigger tractor than that but they were closer together Well , she was driving up this steep bank , I think that was how much the , and who knows so steep that only two roads were up near here , she could have gone over , it was terrible , and of course that thing , erm where is it ? |
| 6 | ‘ And the shrinking gets more the closer in you get ? ’ |
| 7 | The closer in you get , the stronger the gravity . |
| 8 | Erm it is quite clear from that that because the inner routes er are much closer in er to the urban area , they do pick up more of the local movements between Harrogate and Knaresborough er than does the outer route . |
| 9 | Now that we 're lovers we 're closer still . ’ |
| 10 | Many of the initial assessments by doctors in this study were carried out by trainee psychiatrists who spent only six months with the team as part of their training ; had the proportion of assessments by consultant psychogeriatricians and clinical assistants in the sample been more representative , the agreements between team and research diagnoses might have been closer still . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're beautiful , ’ he murmured huskily , burying his hands in her cascade of hair to bring her closer still . |
| 12 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 13 | Obviously aware of the moment when he 'd won the battle , Dane released her hands , and her arms slid of their own accord round his back , pulling him closer still , as if suddenly she could n't get enough of him . |
| 14 | She knew what the singing in the air had been and her arms crept around his neck as he drew her closer still . |
| 15 | Hunger surged between them like fire and Felipe 's body began to move restlessly , seeking her softness , his hand beginning to mould her closer still . |
| 16 | Maggie rocked her closer still . |
| 17 | She never knew which one of them made the first move , but suddenly , unaccountably , she was in his arms , his hands pressing against her back to draw her closer still . |
| 18 | She wanted to be closer still . |
| 19 | She felt him draw her closer up against his body — and suddenly a tingling sensation started somewhere inside her . |
| 20 | From their inauspicious start , the pair could hardly be closer now . |
| 21 | They 're closer now than they ever have been . |
| 22 | Richard and Beth were hers at last , the family she had been cruelly denied ; because of love , and guilt and shame , they were closer now than they had ever been . |
| 23 | The dust cloud was closer now : about half a verst away . |
| 24 | Mum and I are much closer now . |
| 25 | Hennessy moved in closer now that he knew that he was n't placing communication at risk . |
| 26 | He was closer now , and Maria 's eyes darkened , becoming the colour of honey in shade as she regarded him apprehensively . |
| 27 | It was closer now , and clearer in the pre-dawn light . |
| 28 | The Angel of Death was closer now , shadowed in the half-light from the church , the two marble attendants on guard at the mausoleum 's bronze doors , everything as usual except that tonight , I could have sworn that there was a third figure and that it moved out of the darkness towards me . |
| 29 | He 'd fallen out of the tree and the tiger was close somewhere just beyond the clearing . |
| 30 | He was very close suddenly , too close . |