Example sentences of "it close to " in BNC.

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1 Slowly pull the barbell upwards , keeping it close to the stomach and chest until it is just underneath the chin and the elbows are pointing upwards .
2 Slowly raise the dumb-bell vertically as high as possible without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body .
3 One-arm dumb-bell rowing — slowly raise the dumb-bell without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body
4 This page and Outlook , page 27 Ferranti action : Ferranti International is planning legal action against some intermediaries in the ‘ phantom ’ arms contracts which have brought it close to collapse .
5 He let go of Leila who rubbed her wrist , holding it close to her chest .
6 He glanced at his watch , bringing it close to his face because of the poor light .
7 The culture industry does retain a trace of something better in those features which bring it close to the circus , in the self-justifying and nonsensical skill of riders , acrobats and clowns , in the ‘ defense and justification of physical as against intellectual art ’ ( Wedekind ) .
8 As Louise moved away she experienced a powerful urge to grab the massager and tug it close to her secret places again but she did not dare .
9 That means working it close to the ground , sweeping it backwards and forwards through overlapping arcs .
10 WHEN THE Romans built Ermine Street , their great road from the south coast to the Humber , they deliberately aligned it close to the ancient university town of Stamford , then called Doorebriff At this strategic river crossing they established a town called Durobrivae , from which the Saxon word ‘ Welland ’ later derived , meaning ‘ raging , boiling , bubbling .
11 Zhukov snatched the photograph , bringing it close to his eyes .
12 At first you may well have to put the puppy on its leash and keep it close to you if it is not to be an annoyance when visitors call .
13 Do they try to hold it close to the eyes ?
14 The giant , Dan , lifted Newman 's glass and held it close to his mouth .
15 Alcatel Cable SA , Douvrin , France is increasing its optical fibre production to meet demand — when two new plants come on full stream in the middle of next year , annual output will grow to 930,000 miles from the 590,000 miles it did last year , bringing it close to the current number two , AT&T Co , but still way behind the 1.25m miles produced annually by Corning Inc .
16 The last one is based on the popular song O du lieber Augustin and its exaggerations ( knowing ‘ how far to go too far ’ in Cocteau 's famous phrase ) bring it close to the kind of waltz parody found in the Valses bourgeoises by Lord Berners ( Unicorn-Kanchana , 1/79 — sadly now deleted ) .
17 Joe 's swollen lips moved and Patrick bent his head , bringing it close to is friend .
18 Eddie had cut away most of his thin nondescript hair , cropping it close to the skull , and she had also cut back the hair on his forehead , giving him a pronounced widow 's peak .
19 You 've got a number of things here , you would take off the outer layer and you would bring it close to your body , if you , if you just pick it up with lots of layers around it you 're insulating it are n't you , to keep it cold , so you cuddle it close to your body right , and you remove outer layers of cloths Melanie said something about room temperature , right you raise the room temperature , okay ?
20 You 've got a number of things here , you would take off the outer layer and you would bring it close to your body , if you , if you just pick it up with lots of layers around it you 're insulating it are n't you , to keep it cold , so you cuddle it close to your body right , and you remove outer layers of cloths Melanie said something about room temperature , right you raise the room temperature , okay ?
21 Holding it close to his face between two big hands , speaking to the picture , he said , ‘ Sweet child .
22 GUIL : We played it close to the chest of course .
23 The bad one leads them into temptation and they believe that the only way that they can get rid of it is to drag it close to danger .
24 So , if you do want a pendant light , fit it close to the window to ensure privacy .
25 Carefully she drew it out through the folds of the eiderdown and held it close to the flame of the nightlight .
26 She remodelled it with careful fingers , then held it close to the flame .
27 Then he kissed her hand and held it close to his chest .
28 When I looked at it , I held it close to my eyes .
29 ‘ We 've installed it close to the stores counter .
30 A ball was flicked on by Deane and Strach ran onto it close to Sheffs left midfield/ left back area .
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