Example sentences of "come too close " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assistant putting that bib on him had foolishly come too close . |
| 2 | If you allow the opponent to come too close , then a step forward may not be necessary but you will have to be very quick with your responses ! |
| 3 | He was defending himself with great skill , every now and then sliding his hands down the staff and striking at a distance with its full length , and then suddenly changing direction and bringing the shortened end up in a jab at the face or stomach of one of the attackers he had tempted to come too close . |
| 4 | In retrospect , most Taiwanese seem to feel that the talks won them little , and allowed China to come too close . |
| 5 | She had allowed him to come too close , to penetrate her defences far too easily as it was this evening . |
| 6 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 7 | Throughout the spawning the Scats paid no attention to the eggs , being gently nudged away if they came too close . |
| 8 | He did not feel so hostile to them as he did to the ravens , and merely ignored them , overflying them if they came too close but not behaving more aggressively than that . |
| 9 | I came too close , I spent too long with suffering and its foul chemical breath ; its face is fierce , distant , ancient . |
| 10 | If you do not come too close , if you do not come too close , |
| 11 | If you do not come too close , if you do not come too close , |
| 12 | Come too close and you lose it altogether . |
| 13 | Young children who have a history of being hit sometimes flinch when adults come too close . |
| 14 | Nest on ground , adults often persistently attacking and even buffeting humans and animals who come too close |
| 15 | When the predator comes too close , the parent bird suddenly leaps up and flies to safety . |
| 16 | So much for a blatant attack , but what about the friendly stranger who suddenly comes too close for comfort in the car park outside the local pub ? |
| 17 | This is what you can do : if he comes too close and narrows the gap , step to the side and extend it again ; a gentle touch to his arm is more emphatic than asking him to stop . |
| 18 | He comes too close , so step aside |
| 19 | To the North American , his South American counterpart comes too close for comfort whereas the South American feels uneasy conversing at the distance his partner demands . |
| 20 | Not surprisingly , when a person comes too close , an iguana will make a quick get away . |