Example sentences of "close to death " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a memorable flight because the wings iced over , forcing the pilot to dive , and left Lord Aldington feeling that ‘ we came close to death ’ . |
| 2 | He remained with Vivienne , the bank , and years of exhaustion in which he came close to death . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is quite obvious that each type of violence varies considerably in its degree : physical force can be anything from a mere push to a brutal beating which leaves the victim close to death , and a sexual assault may be anything from a brief touching to a gross form of sexual violation . |
| 5 | You did n't have to go in for banging drums and shaking rattles to be a shaman ; you had simply to have suffered tremendously , been torn apart , come close to death . |
| 6 | I continued along a path over the bluffs following a waymarked nature trail , where the main animal life seemed to be a few pregnant sheep blowing about dangerously close to death on the rocks below . |
| 7 | In 1975 when Jock Stein was almost killed in a car crash , he lay in a Dumfries hospital dangerously close to death with a fractured skull . |
| 8 | A SURGEON told yesterday how stabbed policewoman Leslie Harrison came close to death as his team battled to save her . |
| 9 | The brutal attack by David Makka , 22 , left Susan Lawson , 20 , brain-damaged and close to death , a judge was told yesterday at Newcastle Crown Court . |
| 10 | Name a person whom you would wish to be contacted if you are seriously ill and close to death |
| 11 | Although close to death — he died shortly afterwards at his Ilminster home — he insisted on going through with his contribution . |
| 12 | Then he said , ‘ I knew an eagle once who was also ill and close to death . |
| 13 | She had come so close to death . |
| 14 | Tears had followed , both women understandably shaken by their ordeal , by the knowledge of how close to death they had come . |
| 15 | It 's only now , I suppose , that all of us who were involved have started to realise just how close to death we were . |
| 16 | According to Thomas Edwards [ q.v. ] , a friend despite their differences , he was consumptive and often close to death , and rarely able to preach . |
| 17 | Hundreds more were injured when police attacked the demonstration and Clarence Baker spent weeks close to death . |
| 18 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 19 | But it was only fourteen weeks ago that her mother Snazana came to Britain with her in a condition close to death . |
| 20 | Twice eighteen month old Pickle dragged himself home close to death with the noose pulled tight around his neck |
| 21 | Tinitus in her ears is the only physical reminder of the violent illness … which left her unconscious and close to death . |
| 22 | He came close to death and is still trying to come to terms with the attack . |