Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] close to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have arrived at chapter 22 , but before we deal with it in detail , we must look quickly at another story that lies between Isaac 's birth and his coming so soon and so close to death . |
| 2 | We never looked to encounter an armed company in the forest , and so close to Leicester . ’ |
| 3 | Susan Bradley 's voice , at first apologetic then conspiratorial and finally close to tears , squeaked into his ear in a long monologue of complaint and desperation . |
| 4 | At around 6am we heard heavy machinegun fire from the direction of the Deni , the investigative branch of the PDF , about half a mile from the commission headquarters and dangerously close to US and Panamanian civilian housing . |
| 5 | According to Thomas Edwards [ q.v. ] , a friend despite their differences , he was consumptive and often close to death , and rarely able to preach . |
| 6 | Fiszbach himself , a former PUWP party secretary in Gdansk , was a leading party liberal , Deputy Speaker of parliament , and reputedly close to Walesa . |
| 7 | He supported Parliament 's measures against blasphemy and the Adultery Act of 1650 , though he regarded them as inadequate and insufficiently close to scripture . |
| 8 | Looking haggard , drawn , and almost close to tears , Keith , 34 , said : ‘ Oh God , this is the most difficult interview I 've ever done in the whole of my life . |
| 9 | Panicked , angry and perilously close to tears , Isabel sprang for the door . |
| 10 | Trent ( Triento in northern Italy ) was within the imperial territory , but sufficiently close to Rome for the papacy to influence events . |