Example sentences of "[noun] close [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can understand this is you can imagine yourself crouching with your knees close to your chest and balancing on your toes at the same time . |
| 2 | ‘ Middlesbrough is a club close to my heart . |
| 3 | ‘ Not silly , just compassionate , ’ he murmured , his mouth close to her ear . |
| 4 | Franco had his arm around his elder brother 's shoulder , his mouth close to his face , his other arm gesticulating gracefully , as if conducting an invisible band of players . |
| 5 | ‘ I told you we 'd make it , ’ he said , lips close to her ear . |
| 6 | Lips close to her ear , he said , ‘ I 'm sorry , but I have to try it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The Women have come , ’ Fand whispered , lips close to her ear . |
| 8 | Over the sea bass , Angus leaned across the white linen tablecloth , his lips close to her ear . |
| 9 | Bending , he put his lips close to her ear and added in a threatening whisper , ‘ Or join you . |
| 10 | In a lull of comparative quiet in the wind-driven roar of the rain , Hoc leaned towards his elder brother and put his lips close to his ear . |
| 11 | Machine the tape close to its edge , avoiding the cords , stitching along the top and bottom in the same direction . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He moved stealthily to the bedroom , to the wardrobe close to his bed . |
| 14 | A team from the Centre assessed the route to be taken by Shell 's North Western Ethylene Pipeline to determine how archaeological sites close to its path — from Grangemouth on the Firth of Forth to Stanlow in Cheshire — might be affected by the proposed construction work and how potential damage might be mitigated . |
| 15 | Actually , providing your timing is reasonable , this is not too dangerous , because you will be interrupting the attacking technique close to its source , when it is at its weakest . |
| 16 | David Whitaker devised the balance of the four main characters , drawing , perhaps predictably , from the literature close to his heart . |
| 17 | It was a story close to his heart and dated back to 1964 , before the Vietnam War was being viewed with quite the same violent passions it was arousing in the late Sixties . |
| 18 | She forced herself to smile at Billy , clutching the coat with its hidden weapon close to her side . |
| 19 | Her hand stilled , and she raised her eyes to see grey trousers close to her shoulder . |
| 20 | This is n't necessarily a good thing , but at least it gives you the opportunity to advance those big blocks of troops close to his army . |
| 21 | Even though both currencies are allowed to fluctuate within the wide 6 p.c. bands not available to other monetary units , the escudo shot right to the ceiling of its band — pushing sterling close to its floor . |
| 22 | All these disconnected thoughts were roaming through his mind as he drove through the middle of the night close to his flat in South Ken . |
| 23 | ’ I snarled but the landlord , the two thugs close to his shoulder , screamed his innocence . |
| 24 | There was an explosion close to his head . |
| 25 | ‘ Thank you , Madame , that will be all for the moment , but , ’ he bent his head close to her ear as they moved towards the door , ‘ I would ask you to act as my eyes and ears when I am not present . |
| 26 | Data Connection , too , is playing its price-list close to its chest . |
| 27 | It was a weirdly intimate experience , holding this plump old woman close to my body , feeling her hair in my face , and yet she was a stranger . |
| 28 | There was a slight movement close to their position . |
| 29 | ‘ Madam , I judge that my lord of Gloucester has the welfare of his nephews close to his heart , ’ the chancellor told her . |
| 30 | My method , although no good in woods , is comfortable and keeps the centre of gravity close to your back . |