1. Don't wait close upon us!

2. Unconsciously, it may have been, her fingers closed upon the asp.

3. The car park was immediately closed upon advice from Darlington council, which carried out the tests in line with national safety standards.

4. She could not cope with lifts, and she could not go into the garden shed in case the door closed upon her.

5. It was close upon midnight.

6. Darkness began to close upon the scene.

7. The Semitic peoples followed close upon these pioneers.

8. It was close upon nine when he set out.

9. Don't close upon us!

10. CLOSE upon the hour of noon the whole village was suddenly electrified with the ghastly news.

11. You think your fingers touch reality and close upon the truth.

12. We rumed out close upon 300 water pumps last week.

13. I feel in the innermost of my heart, after a political extending, over an unbroken period of, close upon thirty-five years,[Sentence dictionary] that the world is sick unto death of blood spilling.

14. Heaven lies about us in our infancy ! Shades of the prison close upon the growing boy.

15. I had starved with cold and hunger on that island for close upon one hundred hours.