1) He played the ball back close to the net.

2) The church is close to the school.

3) The campsite is close to all local amenities.

4) Is Shinjuku close to here?

5) I'm very close to my wife.

6) His house is close to mine.

7) I live close to the shops.

8) One woman, close to hysteria, grabbed my arm.

9) Am I close to Shinjuku?

10) We live close to the railway line.

11) The hotel is delightfully situated close to the waterfront.

12) The prison is close to anarchy.

13) The children pressed close to their mother.

14) People huddled up close to each other.

15) Could we have a table close to the band?

16) Her comment was uncomfortably close to the truth.

17) The new shopping center is close to the railway station.

18) In 1999 it was revealed that he was close to bankruptcy.

19) The raft came close to the rocks and then sheered away.

20) Lille is close to the frontier between France and Belgium.

21) The company's sales are now close to saturation in many western countries.

22) Good friends are like bras;snug,(http:///close to.html)supportive and always close to the heart!

23) Camp sites are usually situated along the coast, close to beaches.

24) Was he trying to put me off the scent because I had come too close to the truth?

25) We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are very close to a deal.

26) I'm very much a family man and need to be close to those I love.

27) Weekends are like rainbows. They look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.

28) With great difficulty, the fisherman manoeuvred his small craft close to the reef.

29) Some of your comments about her appearance were a bit close to the bone.

30) All other anxieties paled beside the terrible fact of the fire coming close to the village.

1) The campsite is close to all local amenities.

2) Is Shinjuku close to here?

3) I'm very close to my wife.

4) I live close to the shops.

5) One woman, close to hysteria, grabbed my arm.

6) Am I close to Shinjuku?

7) We live close to the railway line.

8) The prison is close to anarchy.

9) People huddled up close to each other.

10) Could we have a table close to the band?

11) Her comment was uncomfortably close to the truth.

12) Was he trying to put me off the scent because I had come too close to the truth?

13) The new shopping center is close to the railway station.

14) In 1999 it was revealed that he was close to bankruptcy.

15) The raft came close to the rocks and then sheered away.

16) Lille is close to the frontier between France and Belgium.

17) We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are very close to a deal.

18) I'm very much a family man and need to be close to those I love.

19) The company's sales are now close to saturation in many western countries.

20) Camp sites are usually situated along the coast, close to beaches.

21) With great difficulty, the fisherman manoeuvred his small craft close to the reef.

22) The hounds are getting close to their quarry.

23) This city is close to the fortieth parallel of north latitude.

24) He was accidentally killed by going too close to Vesuvius.

25) The story was very close to the bone and most embarrassing.

26) After three days without food, the men were close to starvation.

31) He knew the matter very well, but held his cards close to his chest.

32) McLaren are close to sealing a deal with Renault.

33) The country is frighteningly close to possessing nuclear weapons.

34) The children are close to each other in age.

35) They lived in a town close to the frontier.

36) The result is too close to call .

37) Sisulu spent close to 30 years in prison.

38) I felt very close to him.

39) Children craned to get close to him.

40) I hate people standing too close to me.

41) They were skirmishing close to the minefield now.

42) We're close to clinching the deal.

43) Don't you feel hot so close to the fire?

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44) The girl pressed close to her mother.

45) The fate line begins close to the wrist.

46) His friend was close to death .

47) Guy's house was close to the observatory.

48) Don't get too close to that dog, Rosie.

49) Most students are on/close to/below the breadline.

50) Karpov, the champion, came perilously close to losing.

51) It was close to one-fifteen a.m.

52) We were close to when it happened.

53) The economy is precariously close to recession.

54) The soldiers' hair was cropped close to the skull.

55) He was hollow-eyed and seemed very close to exhaustion.

56) Some ding-a-ling parked too close to us.

57) We found a parking space close to the museum.

58) The team is close to bottom of the League.

59) Susan sat on a chair close to the window.

60) He was quite close to his older brother.

61) Her remarks were embarrassingly close to home.

62) Most urban areas are close to a park.

63) He drew her close to him.

64) She was standing dangerously close to the fire.

65) The hounds are getting close to their quarry.

66) We anchored close to the shore.

67) The wallpaper was peeling away close to the ceiling.

68) He's close to signing a contract.

69) The welfare state never came close to eliminating poverty.

70) Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to home.

71) His comments struck unpleasantly close to home.

72) The little boy kept close to his mother.

73) This subject is very close to my heart.

74) The two governments were close to normalizing relations.

75) His jokes were a bit close to the bone.

76) Stick close to me and you won't get lost.

77) Broadside winds crabbed the boat close to the riverbank.

78) If only he would hold her close to him.

79) We came perilously close to disaster.

80) Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution.

81) Colin came close to having a nervous breakdown last year.

82) This city is close to the fortieth parallel of north latitude.

83) When I saw Henry with another woman I felt something close to jealousy.

84) It has grown from a one-man business to a multi-million dollar business with close to $10 million in assets.

85) I was close to tears as I told them the news.

86) The best place to catch fish on a canal is close to a lock.

87) He tried to get close to her under the pretence of examining the pictures on the wall.

88) I don't know why he held his cards close to his chest.

89) I love the job(http://), and it's an added bonus that it's so close to home.

90) Building can be difficult where the water table lies close to the surface.

91) Sources close to Number 10 say there will be no change in the Cabinet.

92) Gunfire was heard at an army base close to the airport.

93) In the Senate, the count is too close to call at this point.

94) The soldiers were engaged in a military operation close to the Ugandan border.

95) I tell you, I was so mad I came close to hitting her.

96) The hotel is in the city centre, close to shops and local amenities.

97) Some of his comments about her appearance were a bit close to the bone.

98) The hotel is conveniently situated close to the beach and the shops.

99) You can stop bleeding by applying pressure close to the injured area.

100) Two skiers were injured by safety netting that was too close to the course.

101) The President liked to go to Williamsburg, a place close to his heart.

102) Her lips were close to his head and her breath tickled his ear.

103) Her guess came a little too close to the truth for my liking.

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104) Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front.

105) He was accidentally killed by going too close to Vesuvius.

106) The hotel is not very modern, but it does have the advantage of being close to the city centre.

107) Sammy was standing close to Ned, talking animatedly with him.

108) I don't mind where we go on vacation as long as it's close to a beach.

109) Stock prices climbed close to the peak they'd registered before the stock market crashed.

110) My son is causing endless problems, and I'm close to the end of my rope.

111) It's a mercy the accident happened so close to the hospital.

112) It is natural for the shopkeeper to feel annoyed when the hypermarket is set up close to his shop.

113) Warm weather has attracted the flat fish close to shore.

114) The police are close to solving the mystery of the missing murder weapon.

115) Her relationship isn't good with her father, but she's very close to her mother.

116) Everyone felt that the speaker's remarks hit close to home.

117) His comments about her size were a bit close to the bone.

118) They walked in a crouch, each bent over close to the ground.

119) Her mother was pleased that she chose a college close to home.

120) She stood close to the wall, hugging herself against the cold.

121) She was standing too close to the fireplace and her dress caught fire.

122) In the 1970s, the country came close to collapse as it was swept by a wave of strikes.

123) Stripped of their pretentious verbiage, his statements come dangerously close to inviting racial hatred.

124) She felt aroused by the pressure of his body so close to hers.

125) Environmental groups are up in arms about plans to sink an oil well close to Hadrian's Wall.

126) The picture looks very different when you see it close to.

127) The two countries are close to signing a peace agreement.

128) There was a catch in Anne's voice and she seemed close to tears.

129) You never quite know what Barry's going to do next - he keeps his cards very close to his chest.

130) There are plans to run the line overground close to the village of Boxley.

131) They were perilously close to the edge of the precipice.

132) If correctly executed, this shot will give them a better chance of getting the ball close to the hole.

133) An airliner came close to disaster while approaching Heathrow Airport.

134) My high school English teacher was close to me. She was almost my best friend.

135) Sandy leaned across the table,() his face uncomfortably close to Brad's.

136) By the end of his life, Presley's vocals often descended close to self-parody.

137) You'll go cross-eyed if you try to look at things so close to you.

138) Get as close to the subject as you can and hold the camera steady.

139) The growth of a city often enhances the value of land close to it.

140) We were staying in a seedy hotel close to the red light district.

141) Three mortar shells had landed close to a crowd of people.

142) An electrical pulse in a wire travels close to the speed of light.

143) The story was very close to the bone and most embarrassing.

144) The prosecution's main witness was close to tears as she described the events of that night.

145) She insists on diverting to a village close to the airport.

146) She opened her heart to millions yesterday and told how she came close to suicide.

147) I've always been close to my dad but he's never rammed his career down my throat.

148) Drivers often have a nasty habit of driving too close to cyclists.

149) The Irish came so close to knocking England out of the European Championships.

150) It's one thing seeing riots on TV, but when they happen so close to home it's a different matter.

151) For my part, I feel elated and close to tears.

152) Phil was furious with the manager - I think he came close to blows.

153) She came perilously close to getting herself killed in her attempt to break the world record.

154) The old dog could barely whimper and seemed close to death.

155) Such guesses are thought to be close to the mark.

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156) It's close to showtime now, so you retire into the dressing room.

157) Sources close to the player claim he won't be entering this year's championship.

158) After three days without food, the men were close to starvation.

159) She went away disappointed after getting tantalisingly close to breaking the record.

160) Animal welfare is a subject very close to my heart.

161) No other rock band comes even close to matching them for dynamism or style.

162) England were close to victory, but they couldn't quite bring it off .

163) Some of the sex scenes in the play were judged by critics to be too close to the bone.

164) Reporters pushed and shoved as they tried to get close to the princess.

165) The villagers reported that the lion from the zoo was still lurking close to.

166) Although close to tears, she tried to make her voice sound casual.

167) He put his arm around Caroline'sshoulders and drew her close to him.

168) I could see that Sam was close to tears .

169) The ship came close to the rocks and then sheered away.