Example sentences of "[noun sg] closer to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department of Transport is planning to build the A417 Cirencester to Stratton bypass through the valley … and there will also be a road realignment which will bring the work closer to their home . |
| 2 | She watched as Rourke bent his head closer to his companion . |
| 3 | The voice became louder , as if its owner had moved the phone closer to his mouth . |
| 4 | Ashley waited until their fellow diners had drifted away to explore the gardens or dip their hands in the cool water which tinkled in the stone fountains , and then moved her chair closer to her escort 's . |
| 5 | But she was n't feeling easy with him now , and as he pushed an easy-chair closer to her couch , and sat down opposite her , she had the uncanniest feeling that he was n't going to let her out of the room until she had told him every last bit of what there was to tell . |
| 6 | After several days on the intensive care unit , Guy , still unconscious , was transferred back to the original hospital closer to his home . |
| 7 | We pioneered ultra long-haul inter-continental flight , bringing the world closer to our home , Hong Kong . |
| 8 | Second , are States which ratify the Convention closer to its coming into force bound by the terms of the Convention , or the terms as altered by subsequent actions of non-parties . |
| 9 | He found his hands full of dry , papery skin which , as he worked his way closer to her windpipe , came up and away like a curtain of strudel dough . |
| 10 | In the 1960s , Hoover was looking to increase the output of its manufacturing plant closer to its capacity level and so intended to boost its sales in mainland Europe . |