Example sentences of "get too close " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , the police might have got too close . |
| 2 | It also seemed , from the feathers on the kitchen floor , that one of the pigeons had come down for a warm and had got too close . |
| 3 | If the cat gets too close , ducks may peek anything up to 35 times per minute . |
| 4 | ‘ Get too close and they might start thinking . |
| 5 | I wear a personal stereo so I do n't hear their comments , but since I sweat a lot when I 'm running I can understand that they do not like it when I get too close . |
| 6 | Like those alarm systems which are set off when you get too close , Peter could hear the bells ' frenzied ringing , but at first he was n't too clear exactly what posed the threat . |
| 7 | You get too close , you die . ’ |
| 8 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 9 | ‘ If boats use sonar or get too close , it is likely to panic the whales and cause them to scatter , and if a whale weighing over 40 tonnes becomes totally disorientated and charges off in any direction , anything could happen . |
| 10 | This system helps to prevent you from getting too close for a normal approach . |
| 11 | But he did n't fancy him getting too close . |
| 12 | Then if he still has not come out of the tent I will go down there while it is still light , very quietly , and see if I can see , without getting too close , how he is . |
| 13 | The second murder , too , will have to occur because your murderer , rightly ( or even better , wrongly ) suspects the detective is getting too close for comfort or that one of the other characters has hit on something they ought not , from his point of view , to have done . |
| 14 | You 're talking about getting too close . ’ |
| 15 | That same agent blew up the room I had been in because I was getting too close . |
| 16 | Tell me something ; were you always prepared to sleep with me to get the jade , or was that a ploy to throw me off the scent when I was getting too close ? ’ |
| 17 | She was getting to him , getting too close . |
| 18 | But it 's getting too close for comfort . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't see that , ’ said Gabriel : the cloud was getting too close . |
| 20 | Similarly , getting too close could frighten the animal , although once they are used to the crowds they can regard the bars or the cage or the walls of the enclosure as protection . |
| 21 | Mr Taylor should not let Mr Johnson get too close . |
| 22 | But the over-riding smells were of meat and pastries , and she dare n't get too close . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't get too close , ’ warned Bernice . |
| 24 | Just do n't get too close . ’ |
| 25 | Using the Microphone : Do n't get too close , you need to be about 9 ’ away from it to avoid distortion . |
| 26 | Again , do n't get too close — it distorts too much . |
| 27 | you do n't need to smell close , do n't get too close it 's quite powerful |
| 28 | Do n't get too close to the microphone ! |
| 29 | You promised Uncle Albert not to get too close , ’ Dick reminded her . |
| 30 | And as we 're gathering around and as Jesus is teaching the people , there are also coming around er bu , being careful not to get too close to the tax gatherers and the sinners ! |