Example sentences of "close to the wall " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whoever it was must have been very close to the wall . |
| 2 | The coroner was fretting , hopping from foot to foot , standing close to the wall of the house , well away from the crowds which now thronged the entire thoroughfare of Cheapside . |
| 3 | Shooting at a slight angle to avoid the flash reflecting from the picture glass and cheating on the film speed setting because he was so close to the wall Maxim took three pictures of the man he had seen at the Abbey and one of every other recent-looking group or portrait . |
| 4 | Very close to the wall is small and so there is little energy production ; far from it , is small with the same consequence . |
| 5 | We have seen that the viscosity is important only very close to the wall . |
| 6 | Very close to the wall viscous action is dominant . |