Example sentences of "come close to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Mr Brown , the anti-establishment populist , failed to come close to his win over Mr Clinton in Connecticut two weeks ago , he will undoubtedly fight on as a spoiler until the final primary in California in June . |
| 2 | The Baül poet is fully conscious that his value in the marketplace of the world is pitifully small ; that he is neither wealthy nor learned , yet he has this great compensation , for he has come close to his lover 's heart . |
| 3 | ‘ My parents only told me a bit about them , ’ said Creggan , ‘ and I only saw one once when a pair came close to my homesite and my mother attacked them . |
| 4 | Babies and toddlers love getting messy , and playing with sand or splashing in water outside in the sum must come close to their idea of heaven . |
| 5 | This problem emerges most clearly in psychology 's relationships with computer-dependent methods , which come close to its ideal of objectivity . |
| 6 | Perhaps under Italian influence Campra lent other little used keys symbolic associations too : Charpentier 's description of B minor and E major respectively as ‘ lonely and melancholic ’ and ‘ quarrelsome and clamorous ’ comes close to their ethos in Campra 's music . |