Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | When the chimpanzees came close to the leopard , he activated its mechanism , so that it started to move its head . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | • Fins held close to the body |