Example sentences of "close [art] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 and then it stays on until you 've closed the door and locked it , you know
2 There were newspapers on a table , the story was on an open page and if Marshall had not closed the paper and pushed it beneath others , Wickham 's curiosity would not have been aroused .
3 ‘ I 'll be frank with you , ’ says Vic , closing the album and handing it back .
4 Well then close the door and keep her in the kitchen .
5 ‘ Midge , I want you to get back into the car , close the doors and lock them from the inside . ’
6 Rory was late for their appointment , and when he arrived , Holdfast told him dourly to close the door and join him at the biggest table .
7 Use a piece of paper to close the latches and keep them closed while you pull the needles back through the neck edge .
8 He closed the diary and put it away .
9 When Helen came back she closed the shirt and buttoned it .
10 He closed the window and latched it .
11 He closed the door and locked it .
12 Only the young man 's intuitive fear of the heavy couple who had entered his shop , closed the door and locked it , and pushed him roughly into the back room , made him co-operate at all .
13 I closed the door and locked it .
14 Why , wondered Senator Rudman at the hearings , had he not taken North into his office and closed the door and put him up against the wall and pushed him and pushed him and pushed him ?
15 Zack closed the door and bolted it .
16 Nathan closed the folder and laid it on the starched tablecloth .
17 ‘ I 'll buy that , ’ Werner said , then closed the case and locked it , after memorizing the combination .
18 She closed the file and put it aside .
19 Seth and his followers quickly grasped their opportunity and immediately closed the lid and fastened it securely .
20 Once Becky felt sure the ink was dry she closed the books and put them back in her satchel while Charlie prepared to lock up the baker 's shop .
21 He came over to him , closed the book and put it on his table .
22 And yet she knew it had been there when she closed the book and put it back on the shelf .
23 She closed the book and clutched it to her .
24 She re-read the definition , then closed the book and handed it back to Molly who smiled .
25 He closed the book and slipped it into a polythene bag .
26 ‘ Could you close the shop and drive me to Dublin ? ’
27 They could close the gates and have him bottled up .
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