Example sentences of "up close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once , banks cuddled up close to industrial firms . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , d' you think he got back from the mission he was on , ’ said Lee , putting his face right up close to the picture . |
| 3 | I grew up close to my godmother so as a child I was inoculated with the theatre . |
| 4 | The first thing Carlie did when she got to the foster home was pull the plastic footrest up close to the TV : ‘ Do n't talk to me when ‘ Young and Restless ’ is on , ’ she warned the foster mother who was standing behind her . |
| 5 | Maggie pulled a chair up close to the fire . |
| 6 | That 's why they built the cemetery up close to the workhouse , so they could take them over on a barrow . |
| 7 | There were people , people everywhere — huddled inside doorways trying to keep dry , crowding into the small , old-fashioned shops , and buying fruit and vegetables at bargain prices from the swarthy hawkers whose barrows were drawn up close to the kerb . |
| 8 | Suddenly he swung up close to my port side , waggling his wings frantically and pointing downwards . |
| 9 | The coffee table had taken flight to one side of the room , and two chairs had been drawn up close to the fireplace with their backs to the chesterfield . |
| 10 | Masklin pulled the Thing up close to his face . |
| 11 | They ended up close to the Embassy in a road called South Audley Street . |
| 12 | The detachment forms up close to the main unit where it can offer support , either by using long range weapons such as bows or hand guns , or by employing hand-to-hand weapons to threaten an advancing enemy 's exposed flanks . |
| 13 | A weird isolated structure like a huge cabin reared up close to the harbour entrance . |
| 14 | It was also pointed out that when Montupet set up close to West Belfast , Richard Needham claimed it would bring up to 1000 new jobs to West Belfast . |
| 15 | If you er you have to get up close to look at these features carefully , but it shows very clearly that there 's a lot of twelfth century stone incorporated in the building . |
| 16 | Cardiff whirled back to see that Pearce 's face was squashed up close to the glass , still thirty feet from the reception doors ; face contorted , mouth wide and agonised . |
| 17 | The leg is kept completely straight , with the hands held up close to the body as a rearguard defence . |
| 18 | In Britain , several small towns grew up close to mining areas , though very little is known about them . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Amanda was worried , she huddled up close to him , her blonde hair against his neck , and he felt protective and capable of dealing with men in raincoats . |
| 21 | You 'll find them right up close to towns , sometimes . |
| 22 | Every time Jim tried to pass the Ford moved up close to the Renault 's rear bumper , or rather the towbar protruding from it , and Jim was forced to ease back again . |
| 23 | She slid up close to his back , wrapped her arms firmly round his waist and tried to relax . |
| 24 | An advertising poster for the clothing company Benetton which features a burning car has been put up close to a housing estate notorious for joyriders . |
| 25 | And of course , they had these signs up about la up close to a signal er twenty , twenty five or thirty or whatever it was , that was miles an hour , they were supposed to reduce to that . |
| 26 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 27 | I picked her up by her neck and I said you bitch and she goes when you put your face up close to her she goes and puts her ears back and goes like that to your face . |
| 28 | Yeah but like if wan na catch someone out , like you go say you were talking to Scott and I wanted to find out something and like I go Scott , and like I 'll be going up close to him , I 'm literally doing this , I 'm going Scott ? |