Example sentences of "close to him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cuddled close to him again , to soothe away the friction of disagreement . |
| 2 | This is according to Angela , who was still married to him then , and still close to him . |
| 3 | I 'm so stupid that I started doing cocaine to try to understand him — to get close to him and understand where he was coming from . |
| 4 | In the disputed territory , the Karelia or Sudetenland , between waking and sleeping , Charsky heard the distant screech of a violin and , close to him , a rustle of pages . |
| 5 | Close to him was a short , narrow ledge , to which someone had lashed the corpse of a young man . |
| 6 | She drew close to him instead . |
| 7 | This was a feeling he sometimes had , when he pictured his friends as ‘ stationed ’ , like auspicious stars , close to him , protecting him , and offering him the privilege and pleasure of performing , in their respect , good deeds . |
| 8 | And if Madame stayed close to him , it can hardly have been because she thought he needed looking after . |
| 9 | He may use a type of emotional blackmail against you and other people close to him , by constantly demanding attention but refusing to allow other people to perform necessary chores for him , on the grounds that ‘ you do it better ’ . |
| 10 | Also I did n't want to get too close to him because I felt some of his rotten luck might rub off on me . |
| 11 | He did understand , and told me to stay close to him and he would take me to the YWCA . |
| 12 | I stayed right close to him , and parried off attempts to hold me . |
| 13 | PATROLLING policemen noticed a pedestrian putting his hands over his mouth in an unusual way when they came close to him . |
| 14 | As Derek came close to him , Jack could smell fry-up on his breath and it suddenly made him feel sick again . |
| 15 | He was lying stiffly on one side and curled close to him was a girl . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , if you got too close to him you were tempted to look around for the source of the odour — perhaps there was an overdressed salad in the vicinity ? |
| 17 | Although Satan has the power to hurt people who get too close to him , his power is not unstoppable ! |
| 18 | So many people wanted to get close to him that wherever he went he was followed by a crowd of people . |
| 19 | As he clasped her waist , instead of jumping down she slid her body down his , so that his arms remained holding her and she was pressed close to him . |
| 20 | ‘ If I was he would be rather stupid to tuck me up here so close to him . ’ |
| 21 | She cuddled in close to him as they tore along the highway . |
| 22 | She was coming close to him now . |
| 23 | ‘ It was the only way to get close to him . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ There were few people really close to him at that time . ’ |
| 25 | Close to him was a girl who rocked a sleeping baby and , when she caught his glance , she smiled sadly and held the baby tighter to save it from the snow flurries . |
| 26 | A great mound close to him , but the daily norm that was so precious to the administration of the camp would be found wanting that day . |
| 27 | She allowed herself to cling to Craig 's broad shoulders , she pressed close to him , her lips parting under his . |
| 28 | Racial nationalists and extreme anti-semites respected Leese 's fanaticism and dedication to the cause , but were not prepared to obey his commands or views without question , nor were they able to get personally close to him . |
| 29 | He did not want anyone to get too close to him , especially after his years with Vivien , and there was a point at which he withdrew from those who expected too great an intimacy . |
| 30 | He had to make mock of her because otherwise he would have knelt down again and — cradled her close to him to comfort her . |