Example sentences of "so close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is the best I have played so close to Wimbledon , ’ confirmed Edberg , and no one was disputing the fact . |
| 2 | NIGEL LAWSON conceded last night that the hike in interest rates was extremely ‘ awkward ’ , ‘ uncomfortable ’ and ‘ embarrassing ’ so close to next week 's Conservative Party conference . |
| 3 | In this sense it was Maxse 's radical Conservatism and not his more dangerous notions that brought him so close to the hub of Conservative politics in the decade before 1914 . |
| 4 | I mean , can you think of any other situation , Pop , when a man gets so close to a woman except when he 's actually making love to her ? ’ |
| 5 | It 's real lovely to have Marie there so close to me with her brushing her fingers over my face . |
| 6 | This is because the former faces lack either a sunny aspect or a pleasant prospect and the preservation of privacy is an important consideration on elevations so close to the highway . |
| 7 | This is the first time the UN has dispatched a force so close to American borders . |
| 8 | Khrushchev could never forgive him for the cruelties and stupidities that brought Russia so close to defeat by Hitler . |
| 9 | Women leave , afraid to bear children in a city so close to the reactor . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | Philip , pressed so close to the tree he could feel the knobbles in the bark , watched him . |
| 12 | They skimmed low , passing so close to Simon that their wings beat at his head . |
| 13 | We have arrived at chapter 22 , but before we deal with it in detail , we must look quickly at another story that lies between Isaac 's birth and his coming so soon and so close to death . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'll kill yourself ! ’ he whispered , his face so close to her , smelling the tawny sheen of her skin . |
| 15 | Some regard it as so close to bribery it should be banned . |
| 16 | Predictably , though , there was little resemblence between this defeated Liverpool side and the one that came so close to being knocked out of the FA Cup in the semi-final against Portsmouth at Highbury . |
| 17 | The luckless eight-year-old hit the fence so close to the ground that at least a somersault was inevitable . |
| 18 | Galadriel Hopkins had rarely come so close to begging . |
| 19 | The Germans were also exploring the quality of resistance in the North , and looking on Scotland , with its coasts so close to Scandinavia , as a possible ‘ soft option ’ for raids and attacks to the south . |
| 20 | Mention Chiswick House today and everyone will think of the neo-Palladian Villa set in wonderful parkland , now all controlled by English Heritage , and famous as one of the finest examples of its kind in Britain , yet so close to the centre of London and with other interesting places close by . |
| 21 | Did they have to have so tight-packed an audience , with the front row so close to the dais on which he was sitting that he could positively feel their stupid gawping eyes on him ? |
| 22 | ‘ Until then waves had looked like a pleasant photogenic distraction on television , and not a serious challenge to anything else , ’ Salter recalled , ‘ but getting so close to 5 p/kWh would have rung a lot of alarm bells with people who would feel threatened . ’ |
| 23 | Realizing the extent of the betrayal , it was clear to both of them that they could not hang around so close to the target area hoping for survivors . |
| 24 | Is it safe to stop so close to that accident ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I may not even hook a fish , for the disturbance of retrieving a float through such shallow water , so close to the fish , would be sure to scare them . |
| 27 | We had passed so close to the Dutchman that I thought we must have run over his foot . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | It felt strange to be working so close to their audiences . |
| 30 | In this 14 kilometre climb , we will witness wonderful feats of bravery — and many a rider abandoning in tears , simply unable to continue , even so close to the finishing line . |