Example sentences of "get close to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nell pulled it off , got close to the door , and shouted . |
| 2 | In early June , I got close to the top , and to the cirque , before having to stop the car at a snow-drift ; but if that happens you can simply enough walk the rest of the way or , indeed , walk directly into the cirque along the valley to the left out of He as . |
| 3 | The cloth inside muffled the noise , but when he got close to the window he could make out a human voice . |
| 4 | Obviously they had no idea what lay ahead after they had crossed the bridges and got close to the enemy positions . |
| 5 | Compared with the ICC — whose point was brilliantly proved by strong refereeing at Bridgetown in April by Raman Subba Row — the English Board got close to the root of the problem but unaccountably jibbed at the final fence . |
| 6 | I think the last time you were here we were actually in the bottom half of the table but shot up to about seventh and since then once we got close to the people with games in hand and catching on the extra games we 've come up into the top three sometimes . |
| 7 | We have n't got close to the matter yet , we are n't really working at it . ’ |
| 8 | Federalism is even more important but at present Paul does not pretend to have got close to the issues . |
| 9 | They had found a paper in the literature describing the ratio of helium-3 and helium-4 in volcanic regions and were unknowingly getting close to the origins of Chatterjee 's ideas in India . |
| 10 | Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed . |
| 11 | Bearing in mind that the fish you already have in your pond will grow and place an increasing burden on the filter as they get bigger , you are probably getting close to the capacity of your pond and filter . |
| 12 | She was getting close to the river ; the sound of the tumbling water increased steadily from a gentle rushing to an insistent roar . |
| 13 | Aggressive French patrols had prevented Sharpe getting close to the road a second time , but he had ridden near enough to see the dust clouds drifting away from the boots , hooves and wheels of an army on the march . |
| 14 | I 'm thinking of either three pounds a ticket you 're getting close to the price of a special chauffeur . |
| 15 | Fig 58 This illustrates the importance of getting close to the board . |
| 16 | We are now getting close to the flanks of Akka , a seven-peaked mountain that has been visible for four or five days . |
| 17 | In line with its philosophy of getting close to the consumer , GBW has been reorganised into four operating regions : Ireland , rest of Europe , Africa & americas and Asia/Pacific . |
| 18 | Get close to the board ( Fig 58 . |
| 19 | A sound archivist will want a recording which gets close to the sound of the original master-tape . |
| 20 | Sharpe spurred towards the nearest Belgians , but before he could even get close to the battalion a French column burst out of the rye and the Belgians , without even firing a volley , turned and ran . |
| 21 | Such places — places where one can get close to the earth spirit — would have been very special to ancient peoples . |
| 22 | Inland , you can get close to the countryside with a few days on a farm or perhaps pamper yourself with a luxury hotel . |
| 23 | So the piano was nearly always an upright , which was also easier to get close to the horn . |
| 24 | There is then some evidence to show that Japanese workers do indeed work for longer periods with each employer , but only 20 per cent of labour in the private sector stay long enough to get close to the peak of the wages profile . |
| 25 | When Ransome-Wallis visited South Africa during the war , he allowed his desire to get close to the steam engine to overwhelm his awareness of South African racial niceties . |
| 26 | As with the Yashica and Minolta AF-SP , the 35mm lens means you have to get close to the action if your photos are to have real impact . |
| 27 | To get close to the people who were close to the man . |
| 28 | Humberside has a big concentration of chemical and food industries and this is an attempt to get close to the market . |
| 29 | ‘ When I first took over , it was difficult to get close to the lad . |