Example sentences of "he [verb] close to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AMERICAN Fred Couples is near to completing a scintillating year on the world golf tour which has seen him win close to £1m . |
| 2 | Daniel told them how at this time God had so loved the world that he had sent his only son to give it life , to be made just like them , so that God might live man 's life and man might through him come close to God . |
| 3 | His horse , like Sharpe 's , had been slowed by the plough furrows in the rye field , but the Frenchman rowelled it on as he got close to Sharpe . |
| 4 | Mellor , it will be recalled , was the unfortunate minister charged with turning the pig 's ear of Margaret Thatcher 's commercial broadcast policy into a silk purse — a miracle he came close to performing . |
| 5 | He came close to Tallis , his red hair curling from below the fur hood , his eyes wide and searching . |
| 6 | Chilperic 's wish to appear as a cultivated monarch is not in question ; he wrote poetry , however badly , and he showed some interest in such issues as the alphabet , to which he wished to add four letters , and in theology , where he came close to heresy , when he decided to abolish the distinctions between the persons of the Trinity . |
| 7 | He remained with Vivienne , the bank , and years of exhaustion in which he came close to death . |
| 8 | He came close to death and is still trying to come to terms with the attack . |
| 9 | The exposure was a little frightening at first and instinctively he kept close to walls . |
| 10 | He leaned close to Joseph and whispered , " That means we 've got to shoot two , okay ? " |
| 11 | He comes close to ruling out a general election in 1991 , saying : ‘ I think we have to think in terms of 1992 . ’ |