Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] close to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regiment had come ashore that morning and were going into action that evening , attacking the village just along the road , about two hundred yards from the edge of our village and close to No. 6 Commando positions . |
| 2 | By this valley of the Glen water Douglas had surely intended to make his way back to Kelso , for he had brought his army out of the cleft of Wooler close under the hills , bearing west , and only when they were clear of the town and close to Homildon village had they become aware of the English army drawn up facing them , closing this route , and in a position also to deny them access to the more easterly route by the Till . |
| 3 | In a final statement the ministers expressed " deep concern " over the conflicts in Yugoslavia and in Nagorny-Karabakh and Nakhichevan , on the southern edge of the former Soviet Union and close to Turkey , a NATO member . |
| 4 | It benefits from a lovely site , opposite the parish church and close to farm buildings , away from the village centre . |
| 5 | Ellwood did n't want her back in Hilary Todd 's office and close to people who posed a threat to him . |