Example sentences of "a [noun] at close " in BNC.
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| 1 | Delaney went in , and pulled up as if he had been hit with a magnum at close range . |
| 2 | They blinked at each other for a moment at close quarters , wide-eyed and brow to brow . |
| 3 | After this extraordinary eight-frame losing streak , Davis won four in a row to close to only 7-8 , but two elementary mistakes in the following frame , failing to reach the yellow when rolling up behind it for a snooker , and failing to pot a red at close range along the top cushion , prefaced a run of 48 with which Reynolds secured his most notable scalp . |
| 4 | After this extraordinary eight-frame losing streak , Davis won four in a row to close to only 7-8 , but two elementary mistakes in the following frame , failing to reach the yellow when rolling up behind it for a snooker , and failing to pot a red at close range along the top cushion , prefaced a run of 48 with which Reynolds secured his most notable scalp . |
| 5 | Auguste 's agonised shout was addressed to the rear end of a gentleman , whose head was in an oven apparently examining a goose at close quarters . |
| 6 | Fortunately , ‘ Charlie ’ is a mild noise , like a small aeroplane , not the sound of a jet at close range . |