Example sentences of "close [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It would just escape so we sh close the top and the gas has got to .
2 And it was a little square thing , about two foot square , with a er and about eight inches deep , tt and you used to put the clothes in , with warm water and your your powder , close the top and you used to have a handle , and Like that there , and you used to be backwards and forwards , like that , , with this paddle going backwards and forwards inside it .
3 Close the handwheel valve at one end , and remove the cover of the lockshield valve at the other end so you can close it by turning its spindle with pliers or a small spanner .
4 In the moments when she had drifted nearer to consciousness she 'd thought she saw Corrie sitting on the bed , but when she had tried to lift her arms to gather her close the vision faded away .
5 So we take that away and then you got the refurbishment programme and now taken away from the refurbishment programme something like two hundred , now where is the if you 're refurbishing four homes where is the vacancies when you close the home , you have made the staff the redundant , they go up the road or out wherever they 're going to redundancy persons .
6 Deciding on a walk , I close the mosquito netting door firmly .
7 close the till drawer and thank the customer
8 I close the twin catches on the clothes .
9 As I close the diary I notice that it 's getting a bit grubby .
10 Why did n't you just say no and close the window ?
11 Before he finally lay down to rest and sleep he hesitated over whether to cross his small room again and close the window on the chilly night .
12 Close the window
13 I close the window
14 It was obvious they would have to abandon the run of Caesar and Cleopatra and close the theatre until an actor could be found to portray Hook .
15 She also asked for a notice saying ‘ Please close the gate ’ .
16 Or close the wall up with our English dead . ’
17 It 's into the car and close the boot ,
18 Close the knot This involves , especially when reaching , trying to close the gap between sail and board .
19 Next , turn off the boiler , programmer and immersion heater , close the stop tap supplying the feed-and-expansion tank , and open the draincock .
20 First check that you have removed any holding screw — they are sometimes hidden under plastic discs ; if the head still wo n't come off , unscrew the cover and place pieces of wood underneath it and close the tap ( page 31 ) .
21 Close the dialogue box and click on the icon to produce a quote .
22 Close the door , ’ Bodo muttered .
23 Paxford says — ( I close the door and go to bed ) .
24 Close the door , then . ’
25 ‘ My husband came out to see what was wrong , and a very authoritative voice shouted : ‘ Get back inside , please , immediately ; right inside and close the door ’ . ’
26 ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob — push the door open — go inside — close the door gently behind you so that you do n't wake up anybody else in the house ; now you go to the basin — put the plug in — turn on the tap — it 's a very stiff tap … ’ ( p. 196 ) .
27 ‘ I close the door for you .
28 It denies the intervention of my inner teacher on my behalf , because I close the door within and block the light that would dissipate the darkness that angers and frightens me .
29 Into the carriage and close the door ,
30 Close the door behind you ,
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