Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] close to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These Regions have had a declared policy to extend their supply area with SCHEMES identified as Gas Gathering , Rural Gasification or Village Infill , but until recent years most infill work has tended to be carried out close to the gas supply area , with only occasional forays outside these localities . |
| 2 | There were people , people everywhere — huddled inside doorways trying to keep dry , crowding into the small , old-fashioned shops , and buying fruit and vegetables at bargain prices from the swarthy hawkers whose barrows were drawn up close to the kerb . |
| 3 | The coffee table had taken flight to one side of the room , and two chairs had been drawn up close to the fireplace with their backs to the chesterfield . |
| 4 | Cardiff whirled back to see that Pearce 's face was squashed up close to the glass , still thirty feet from the reception doors ; face contorted , mouth wide and agonised . |
| 5 | The survey added greatly to our knowledge of the glacial deposits , which were laid down close to the southern limit of ice advance during the Anglian Stage . |
| 6 | Flowering shoots of winter jasmine , J. nudiflorum , should be cut back to within two or three buds from the main stem , while the oldest stems on honeysuckle should be cut back close to the base . |
| 7 | The leg is kept completely straight , with the hands held up close to the body as a rearguard defence . |