Example sentences of "[adv] close to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ali bent down close to his ear and whispered : ‘ You in pain ? ’ |
| 2 | Increasing your bargaining power is not an end in itself but usually arises because you can not move sufficiently close to your opponent 's position to gain a settlement . |
| 3 | Sit on the floor with one leg outstretched and the other bent at the knee and tucked in close to your thigh . |
| 4 | She was startled by his deep Irish brogue , so close to her ear . |
| 5 | It felt strange to be working so close to their audiences . |
| 6 | I am not amused to see him so close to my sister . ’ |
| 7 | He whispered something but so close to my ear the sound was distorted and I said , suppressing my voice to no more than a breath because it can be so harsh , ‘ Say it again . |
| 8 | No X-ray had been flashed up on the screen with a football-sized tumour for me to stare at , and my surgeon was playing his cards so close to his chest there was some doubt somewhere . |
| 9 | Even so , the hissing flare passed so close to his face in its fiery trajectory , it scorched his left cheek . |
| 10 | ‘ You give in ? ’ he murmured , his lips tantalisingly close to her face . |
| 11 | It was breathed tauntingly close to her mouth . |
| 12 | A kea , New Zealand 's native parrot , swooped by out of the gloom , its green wings flapping round my head and its curved beak frighteningly close to my face . |
| 13 | First , get a copy of your local quarter mill map ( preferably laminated ) and find a suitable road-route running for about 25 to 40 miles ( quite sufficient for a first attempt ) from somewhere close to your base airfield . |
| 14 | There was a lot of evidence accumulating at the time about lateralization of function in bird brains — for instance , it appears that chicks respond behaviourally in different ways when they view things with left and right eyes , while in song birds like canaries and zebra finches , the ‘ song centre ’ is located in a left-hemisphere region , rather close to our IMHV . |
| 15 | It smelled of expensive cologne , and her skin tingled as he turned his head , his sensuous mouth drifting warmly , dangerously close to her cheek . |
| 16 | His reddish-blond hair , slightly faded , evidently not clipped , was a little longer but still close to his head , already curling , giving him perhaps the youthful or angelic look of persons in Italian Renaissance paintings . |
| 17 | He put the plastic bag on top of the battery , always close to his hand . |
| 18 | It was a strange situation , which must have made a lasting impression on Richard , who was more than usually close to his mother . |
| 19 | This border town , captured by Gloucester and clearly close to his heart , was reckoned by the exchequer to cost £700 a month in defence — a charge which brought relatively little by way of increased security in return . |
| 20 | This border town , captured by Gloucester and clearly close to his heart , was reckoned by the exchequer to cost £700 a month in defence — a charge which brought relatively little by way of increased security in return . |
| 21 | But Blackburn boss Kenny Dalglish was keeping his cards traditionally close to his chest about Shearer , who is expected to challenge for an England place against Holland in Rotterdam next month . |
| 22 | But Blackburn boss Kenny Dalglish was keeping his cards traditionally close to his chest about Shearer , who is expected to challenge for an England place against Holland in Rotterdam next month . |
| 23 | I grew up close to my godmother so as a child I was inoculated with the theatre . |
| 24 | Suddenly he swung up close to my port side , waggling his wings frantically and pointing downwards . |
| 25 | Perhaps it was her own pride reawakening after all these weeks which prompted her to defy Luke 's distaste , albeit only after she was sure he was asleep , moving up close to his back again , lifting an arm and curving it loosely over the side of his body . |
| 26 | She slid up close to his back , wrapped her arms firmly round his waist and tried to relax . |
| 27 | Masklin pulled the Thing up close to his face . |
| 28 | He himself had other plans , although for the moment he was keeping them fairly close to his chest . |
| 29 | Phoebe was still asleep beside her , curled up and with her back close to her daughter 's : Maggie enjoyed the moment of comfort , adding it dreamily to the shadow that was also there . |
| 30 | In some cases , the decision-maker 's aim may be to force an objective as close to its goal as possible , both shortfall and excess being undesirable . |