Example sentences of "[adv] close [prep] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abruptly , the sensations she 'd felt that night in St Lucia , when they 'd come so close to making love , engulfed her with such force that she felt weak at the knees . |
| 2 | But we ca n't get so close to freeing Nuadu and fail now . ’ |
| 3 | Marist replied with a try and two penalties by Ian Vernon , who went desperately close to clinching victory in the last minute of the game when a penalty hit an upright . |
| 4 | Marist replied with a try and two penalties by Ian Vernon , who went desperately close to clinching victory in the last minute of the game when a penalty hit an upright . |
| 5 | If you are driving them near known pipe or cable runs , take care not to pierce them ; it 's best to drive the new nails as close to existing nail positions as possible for safety . |
| 6 | However , it is artistically total tosh and merely a vehicle for an imagination nowhere close to reaching puberty . |
| 7 | They went without a hope and they came back , it seemed , without a friend , perilously close to reaching mother-in-law status as the comedians ' favourite butt . |