Example sentences of "[vb infin] close to " 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 | We could be proud of such an achievement because the tide could flow in and out , the natural environment would be enhanced , and the flora and fauna would flourish close to the heart of our great capital city . |
| 3 | He smiled and nodded , pulling her into his arms , so that he could speak close to her ear . |
| 4 | Everyone knows that not even two metronomes can stay in synchrony , and certainly all human tempos , even when they might appear close to absolute , continually vary . |
| 5 | The production will stay close to Morton 's book detailing Diana 's private grief as her marriage falls apart , and is sure to cause a major row . |
| 6 | It can leave the Tower if driven out in this way , but it must stay close to the outside walls . |
| 7 | No ; I could n't stay close to whatever it was in him that liked it so much . |
| 8 | I am not sure whether I should stand up or stay close to Suzie . |
| 9 | Provided any loading impedance is high compared with resistance R , the response will stay close to that of figure 8.8(c) . |
| 10 | A CAB driver and an unemployed man will make close to £2.5 million after a jury ruled they wrote the Fifties classic Why Do Fools Fall In Love ? |
| 11 | Do not pitch close to objects that will reflect the sun 's rays onto the tent , such as white caravans . |
| 12 | The three-lane motorway will run close to the existing line of the A74 between the Annan to Eaglesfield Road ( B722 ) in the north and Kirkpatrick Fleming in the south where it will join the section of motorway recently completed between Kirkpatrick Fleming and Gretna . |
| 13 | The DB7 will still cost close to eighty thousand pounds , but that 's a fraction of the price of the company 's other cars . |
| 14 | You can approach close to the beaches and also cross the reef where necessary . ’ |
| 15 | They would also pass close to the centre of the main sweet-water aquifer of the Jerusalem region . |
| 16 | The largest in Belfast , but the most sensitive from a security point of view in other areas , where marching Orangemen and their bands will pass close to Nationalist districts . |
| 17 | ‘ If we are to reach the Fire Court , we must pass close to the City of Gruagach . |
| 18 | Do you live close to your teacher ? |
| 19 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 20 | The sad part is that I 've come to hate my body so much , I blame it for everything , and now I ca n't let anyone get close to me , to reassure me . ’ |
| 21 | They tell me that no one can get close to you . |
| 22 | Many of us find it difficult to have faith and trust and feel love for someone that we can not see and often feel that we can not hear or get close to . |
| 23 | Such places — places where one can get close to the earth spirit — would have been very special to ancient peoples . |
| 24 | Inland , you can get close to the countryside with a few days on a farm or perhaps pamper yourself with a luxury hotel . |
| 25 | Children can get close to and touch many of our animals . |
| 26 | But I had the amp set with the treble full on , the presence full on and the bright switch kicked in before I could get close to what I 'd call a classically nasty Telecaster bridge pickup tone . |
| 27 | We have no agents who could get close to something this big ? ’ |
| 28 | They set out to create the conditions where two hydrogen nuclei ( ‘ protons ’ ) could get close to each other , collide and join to make a nucleus of helium . |
| 29 | In early retirement older workers have a socially acceptable alternative to the stigma of unemployment , that is not available to younger people ( Bruche and Casey 1982 : 112 ) ; but first they must get close to pension age . |
| 30 | 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 . |