Example sentences of "come [adv] close [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She had come so close to death .
2 The result is that the synagogue , which three years ago came perilously close to closure , is now busy every week .
3 Although yesterday 's increase in rates intensified fears that the economy could come perilously close to recession next year , the instant judgement of most economists was that the worst would be avoided .
4 Would n't it come perilously close to desecration ?
5 Unknown to most people , he had also driven a Formula Two racing car belonging to world-champion racing driver Graham Hill around the track at Thruxton — and come perilously close to disaster .
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