Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] close [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further along the embankment a few miserable beggars huddled close to the stone ramparts , seeking the meagre shelter afforded by a jutting tower . |
| 2 | Great care must be taken to set the hoe up and steer it accurately so that the blades run close to the crop without damaging the seedlings . |
| 3 | The darkness beneath the cover encourages the worms to tunnel close to the inside of the glass so that you will be able to see them clearly in their burrows . |
| 4 | Flying insects keep close to the ground and out of the wind , haunting sheltered valleys and lees of hills , seeking direct sunlight as much as possible . |
| 5 | Provided we give a narrow meaning to ‘ intention ’ the law may well for practical purposes come close to the proposition that it is tortious intentionally to cause damage by any unlawful act , but it has developed by way of distinct , nominate torts and it is necessary to retain that division for the purposes of exposition . |
| 6 | Mr E. Myer of Guestling , Sussex , well remembers the night he was on sentry duty from midnight to 2am ; several bombs fell close to the tunnel entrance and he decided to take refuge in one of the recesses let into the tunnel walls . |
| 7 | When the chimpanzees came close to the leopard , he activated its mechanism , so that it started to move its head . |
| 8 | If she allowed herself to think of James at all tears came close to the surface , and she knew she would never feel the same with anyone else . |
| 9 | The particles travel close to the speed of light and as they pass through the bending magnets they emit radiation , covering wavelengths typically from 0.1 to 106 nanometres , and collimated into the plane defined by the circular machine . |
| 10 | None of the supply routes go close to the point where Sunderby 's aircraft ditched . |
| 11 | Observations have been made , some of them with an arrangement unlikely to produce separation , of transition occurring at around 3000 in a manner similar to that described above for higher Reynolds numbers — turbulent spots originating close to the wall and then spreading to give turbulent slugs . |
| 12 | Therefore test masses placed close to the origin move in the plane perpendicular to the wave direction with for the e + state of polarization . |
| 13 | A questionnaire circulated by the Friends has identified one hundred and forty children living close to the school whose parents would wish nursery provision for them . |
| 14 | Several downlights angled close to a wall of paintings ( say 60 cm [ 2 ft ] out from the wall and 60 cm [ 2–3 ft ] apart ) will give a dramatic effect by splashing light on to various surfaces with contrasting shadows in between . |
| 15 | In the Kras the vines grew close to the ground , and the fields were tiny and defined by stone walls , while in the Po valley there seemed to be no walls at all . |
| 16 | This movement is usually made more apparent because the head sinks into the shoulders and the hands come close to the body to protect it from some blow , curse or frightening event , e.g. Juliet 's movement after her father has demanded why she is not conforming to his wishes . |
| 17 | • Fins held close to the body |
| 18 | Not surprisingly ducks sleeping close to the shore have much higher peeking rates than those farther away . |