Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [prep] close " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spent the rest of the evening with my relatives in close rank around me , hoping nobody would notice the idiot in the middle with two completely different shoes . |
| 2 | Some species of small beetles behave in a similar fashion , pulling all their legs in close to their bodies and lying absolutely still . |
| 3 | They argue that , for Whitehouse in particular , though after the war her formal ties with the Oxford Group diminished , her years of close association with it provided her with a very clear intellectual approach to the perceived ills of the modern world . |
| 4 | For various reasons they were wrong ; but illusion of continuity was easily available because they had at least some of their kinsmen at close quarters , met them and socialized with them each day . |
| 5 | Recommended remedy : He should share his worries with close relatives — and ‘ my help line is in the Sunday Mirror each week . ’ |
| 6 | The Purchasing Manager in charge of a purchasing department exercises his responsibilities in close collaboration with other colleagues . |
| 7 | Brought up by his grandparents at Close House , near Bishop Auckland , he has kept goal for Spennymoor and Billingham Synthonia and Backtrackies will recall that earlier this season he endured a collapsed lung and a major operation , after most of Derby County fell on top of him . |
| 8 | Keep your dogs under close control . |