Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] close to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had come so close to death . |
| 2 | Packaged in a disturbingly brave grey sleeve ( depicting the rear regions of a naked angst ridden , shorn haired young man ) it verged dangerously close to Factory 's moderne Savilleion artwork . |
| 3 | Howden Marsh , situated on the outskirts of Howden , is a low area of over eleven acres , the habitat of wild flowers , animals and birds , which the parish council is developing as close to nature as possible . |
| 4 | The result is that the synagogue , which three years ago came perilously close to closure , is now busy every week . |
| 5 | Patrick Stewart , secretary of the CFA , however , said yesterday that it should be made clear that the pinger was not the answer to the problem of submarines operating too close to fishing vessels . |
| 6 | So to lower the cost of capital and raise the firm 's value , should you not fill your boots with it , at least until you get so close to bankruptcy that shareholders and creditors start to demand higher returns to balance the risk ? |
| 7 | And all I know is he 's getting literally close to home and he works for you , if you include disabling your barmen in the conditions of employment , that is . ’ |
| 8 | Get as close to subject as you can |
| 9 | Are you aware that you 're getting perilously close to slander ? |
| 10 | It was getting too close to reality . |
| 11 | If you can get so close to barbel , with or without them knowing it , you should take the opportunity to study how they use the available cover to sneak under ; how they move like silent wraiths across the bottom , and how they rake over the gravel on the bottom with their barbules . |
| 12 | Although yesterday 's increase in rates intensified fears that the economy could come perilously close to recession next year , the instant judgement of most economists was that the worst would be avoided . |
| 13 | Would n't it come perilously close to desecration ? |
| 14 | ‘ It 's a terrible thing to happen so close to Christmas . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Youthful folly ’ struck unpleasantly close to home . |
| 16 | As the name indicates , Lord Burlington Lane bounded the southern side of the grounds of Chiswick House , and extended westwards close to Grove House , to link with Strand-on-the-Green . |
| 17 | Unknown to most people , he had also driven a Formula Two racing car belonging to world-champion racing driver Graham Hill around the track at Thruxton — and come perilously close to disaster . |
| 18 | When Johnstone left Celtic to move south to Sheffield United , by his own confession , he had strayed perilously close to alcoholism . |