Example sentences of "[vb past] close to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The writing of that book in hospital , I now realise , came close to a meditation . |
| 2 | Middlesbrough came close to a breakthrough in the 63rd minute . |
| 3 | Somerset seamer Neil Mallender came close to a surprise Test cap in New Zealand recently |
| 4 | With regard to Calvinism , Ewing had joined Thomas Erskine [ q.v. ] of Linlathen as early as 1836 in opposing predestination , and he later came close to a doctrine of universal salvation . |
| 5 | Hard-running Cambridge came close to a goal after 24 minutes . |
| 6 | Greg Thomas came close to a wicket three times in his first over in Test cricket , but Greenidge and Haynes survived to give their usual start before Greenidge had to retire with a cut forehead after mishooking Botham . |
| 7 | When the light went out , Rain had the suspicion they were not alone on the stairs , that someone was watching them , perhaps they actually passed close to a figure pressed into the shadows . |
| 8 | The incident happened close to a railway line near Northampton between Harlestone Village and Church Brampton . |
| 9 | Prime Minister Filip Dimitrov spent close to a month holding consultations on the reshuffle with key figures within the increasingly fractionalized ruling coalition , the Union of Democratic Forces ( UDF ) . |
| 10 | Several downlights angled close to a wall of paintings ( say 60 cm [ 2 ft ] out from the wall and 60 cm [ 2–3 ft ] apart ) will give a dramatic effect by splashing light on to various surfaces with contrasting shadows in between . |
| 11 | Cambridge dominated after the interval , but Millwall went close to an equaliser in the 63rd minute when Etienne Verveer headed against the foot of the post . |
| 12 | Skipper Brian Robson , Lee Sharpe , Giggs , and Gary Pallister , all went close to an equaliser but United 's two best chances fell to the mercurial Cantona . |
| 13 | Some of the larger aircraft were transferred to the parking area at Amman airport , for a long time the only point from which Iraq could be entered from abroad , as foreign airlines were hesitant about using traditional air corridors which ran close to a war zone . |